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English
Wooden posts.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old English post ( “ pillar, door-post ” ) and Latin postis ( “ a post, a door-post ” ) through Old French .
Noun
post (plural posts )
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost ; a lightpost .
ram a post into the ground
( construction ) A stud ; a two-by-four .
A pole in a battery .
( dentistry ) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
( vocal music , chiefly a cappella ) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
( paper, printing ) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
( sports ) A goalpost .
2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC :But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post .
A location on a basketball court near the basket.
( obsolete ) The doorpost of a victualler 's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers ; hence, a score; a debt .
1600 , Samuel Rowlands , The knauve of clubs :when God ſends coyne, I will diſcharge your poaſt
The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
Derived terms
Translations
long dowel or plank protruding from the ground
Albanian: shtyllë (sq) f
Arabic: عَمُود m ( ʕamūd )
Assamese: খুঁটা ( khũta )
Azerbaijani: sütun (az) , dirək (az)
Bashkir: бағана ( bağana ) ; баған ( bağan ) ( Eastern Bashkir )
Belarusian: слуп m ( slup )
Breton: post (br) m , peul (br) m
Bulgarian: стълб (bg) m ( stǎlb )
Burmese: တိုင် (my) ( tuing )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 柱子 (zh) ( zhùzi )
Czech: sloup (cs) m
Danish: stolpe (da) c
Dutch: paal (nl) m
Esperanto: fosto
Estonian: tulp , post (et)
Finnish: tolppa (fi)
French: poteau (fr) m
German: Pfosten (de) m
Greek: στύλος (el) m ( stýlos ) , πάσσαλος (el) m ( pássalos ) , κολώνα (el) f ( kolóna ) , δοκάρι (el) n ( dokári )
Hindi: खंभा (hi) m ( khambhā ) , स्तंभ (hi) m ( stambh )
Hungarian: oszlop (hu)
Ilocano: adigi
Irish: cuaille m
Isnag: adixi
Italian: palo (it) m , pilastro (it) m
Japanese: 柱 (ja) ( はしら, hashira )
Javanese: saka
Kazakh: бағана ( bağana )
Khmer: បង្គោល (km) ( bɑngkool ) , សសរ (km) ( sɑsɑɑ )
Korean: 기둥 (ko) ( gidung )
Kyrgyz: столб (ky) ( stolb ) , түркүк (ky) ( türkük ) , устун (ky) ( ustun ) , карагай (ky) ( karagay ) , багана (ky) ( bagana )
Lao: ສະດົມ ( sa dom ) , ເສົາ (lo) ( sao )
Latin: pālus m , stipes m , cippus m
Latvian: stabs m
Lithuanian: stulpas m
Macedonian: дирек m ( direk ) , столб m ( stolb ) , кол m ( kol )
Malay: tiang (ms)
Malayalam: പോസ്റ്റ് (ml) ( pōsṟṟŭ ) , കുറ്റി (ml) ( kuṟṟi )
Mansaka: arigi
Maori: turi (mi) , pou , turu , tuturu , koteo , himu
Mongolian: багана (mn) ( bagana )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stolpe m
Nynorsk: stolpe m
Old Javanese: saka
Ottoman Turkish: دیرك ( direk ) , مرتك ( mertek )
Persian: ستون (fa) ( sotun )
Plautdietsch: Pol m
Polish: słup (pl) m
Portuguese: mourão (pt) m ( of a fence ) , estaca (pt) f ( small ) , poste (pt) m ( big )
Romanian: stâlp (ro) m
Russian: столб (ru) m ( stolb )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стуб m
Roman: stub (sh) m
Shan: လၵ်း (shn) ( lák )
Slovak: stĺp m
Slovene: steber (sl) m , stolp (sl) m
Spanish: poste (es) m
Swedish: påle (sv) c , stolpe (sv) c , grindstolpe c
Tajik: сутун (tg) ( sutun )
Tatar: багана (tt) ( bağana )
Thai: สดมภ์ (th) ( sà-dom ) , เสา (th) ( sǎo ) , หลัก (th) ( làk )
Tocharian B: esale
Turkish: direk (tr) , kazık (tr) , sütun (tr)
Turkmen: sütün , gazyk
Ukrainian: стовп m ( stovp )
Urdu: ستون ( sutūn )
Uyghur: تىرەك ( tirek )
Uzbek: ustun (uz)
Vietnamese: cột (vi) , trụ (vi)
(construction) stud; two-by-four
piece inserted in root canal
(vocal music, eps. a cappella ) prolonged final melody note
location on a basketball court
Translations to be checked
Verb
post (third-person singular simple present posts , present participle posting , simple past and past participle posted )
( transitive ) To hang (a notice ) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
Post no bills.
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously ; to denounce by public proclamation.
to post someone for cowardice
1732 , George Granville , Epilogue to the She-Gallants , line 13 :On Pain of being posted to your Sorrow Fail not, at Four, to meet me here To-morrow.
( accounting ) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger .
1712 , Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot ], “Of John Bull’s Second Wife, and the Good Advice that She Gave Him”, in Law is a Bottomless-Pit. , London: John Morphew , , →OCLC , page 18 :You have not poſted your Books theſe Ten years; hovv is it poſſible for a Man of Buſineſs to keep his Affairs even in the VVorld at this rate?
To inform ; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up .
1872 March 2, “Interviewing a Prince”, in Saturday Review , volume 33 , number 853 , London, page 273 :thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day
( transitive ) To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.
( gambling ) To pay (a stake or blind ).
Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
( law ) To pay bail .
to post bail
2022 January 1, Paul Bergman, Sara J. Berman, The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System , Nolo, →ISBN :For example, if the police or court sets bail at $1,000, and a suspect owns a fancy watch worth at least that amount, the defendant may be able to use the watch to post bail.
2010 May 18, David Andrew Schultz, Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution , Infobase Publishing, →ISBN , page 45 :Because wealthy defendants are better positioned to post bail or provide collateral, the American bail system has been criticized as being biased against the poor.
2006 05 , Robert Perry, Dirty Money , iUniverse, →ISBN , page 34 :Carmen posted a $15,000 bond, and like the other Valenzuelas before her, failed to appear for trial. Morgan's scorecard for case 4: 4.4 pounds seized, 2 Valenzuelas arrested, 1 Valenzuela dismissed, 1 bail jump.
1996 , Lee N. June, Matthew Parker, Men to Men: Perspectives of Sixteen African-American Christian Men , Harper Collins, →ISBN , page 201 :When you post bail, and the case is over, the court system will take 30 percent of that bail which, in this example, will be $3,000 of the original 10 percent that you posted. Hence, you will get $7,000 back.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
to hang a notice in a conspicuous manner
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: зака́чам обя́ва ( zakáčam objáva )
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: alglui , afiŝi
Finnish: laittaa esille , ripustaa nähtäville
French: afficher (fr)
German: anbringen (de)
Khmer: បិទប្រកាស ( bet prɑkaah )
Polish: wywiesić (pl) , afiszować (pl)
Russian: приколо́ть (ru) pf ( prikolótʹ ) , прика́лывать (ru) pf ( prikályvatʹ ) , вы́весить (ru) pf ( vývesitʹ ) , выве́шивать (ru) impf ( vyvéšivatʹ )
Spanish: colgar (es) , fijar (es)
Swedish: anslå (sv) , sätta upp (sv) , spika (sv) , skriva (sv)
Tagalog: magpaskil
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: виві́шувати impf ( vyvíšuvaty )
Vietnamese: dán (vi)
to hold up to public blame or reproach
to send to an electronic forum
Bulgarian: по́ствам (bg) impf ( póstvam )
Finnish: postata (fi)
French: poster (fr)
German: posten (de) , hochladen (de)
Greek: αναρτώ (el) ( anartó ) , δημοσιεύω (el) ( dimosiévo )
Interlingua: postar
Italian: postare (it) , pubblicare (it)
Japanese: 書き込む (ja) ( かきこむ, kakikomu )
Macedonian: објави pf ( objavi )
Norman: poster
Polish: publikować (pl) impf , opublikować (pl) pf , postować (pl) impf ( slang )
Portuguese: postar (pt) , publicar (pt)
Russian: по́стить (ru) impf ( póstitʹ ) , запо́стить (ru) pf ( zapóstitʹ )
Spanish: postear (es)
Swahili: posti
Swedish: posta (sv) , skriva (sv) , skicka (sv)
Ukrainian: роби́ти до́пис impf ( robýty dópys ) , допи́сувати impf ( dopýsuvaty )
Vietnamese: đăng (vi)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French poste , from Italian posta ( “ stopping-place for coaches ” ) , feminine of posto ( “ placed, situated ” ) .
Noun
post (plural posts )
( obsolete ) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad , with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.
( dated ) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
a stage or railway post
A military base ; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
( now historical ) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier .
1599 , George Abbot , Geography, or a Brief Description of the Whole World
in certain ſet places there be alwaies fresh Poſts , to carry that further which is brought unto them by the others
c. 1590–1591 (date written) , William Shakespeare , “The Two Gentlemen of Verona ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , , line 152 :I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post .
2011 , Thomas Penn , Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England , Penguin, published 2012 , page 199 :information was filtered through the counting-houses and warehouses of Antwerp; posts galloped along the roads of the Low Countries, while dispatches streamed through Calais, and were passed off the merchant galleys arriving in London from the Flanders ports.
( UK , Australia , New Zealand ) An organisation for delivering letters , parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
sent via post ; parcel post
1707 , Alexander Pope , Letter VII (to Mr. Wycherly), November 11
I take it too as an opportunity of sending you the fair copy of the poem on Dullness, which was not then finished, and which I should not care to hazard by the common post .
( UK , Australia , New Zealand ) A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
2020 November 18, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail , page 71 :Royal Mail worker Evette Chapman gathered a team of 12 colleagues to deliver post in fancy dress and raise money for a nurses' charity and patients in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.
A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum , or on a blog , etc.
( American football ) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
Two of the receivers ran post patterns.
( obsolete ) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , , line 273 :And then in post he came from Mantua.
( obsolete ) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
1858 , John Gorham Palfrey , chapter IV, in History of New England , volume 1, page 136 :there he held the office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post , for several years.
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Bulgarian: пост ( post ) ( Internet )
→ Chinese: po , PO
Cantonese: pou1
Mandarin: pōu
Min Nan: pho͘
→ French: post
→ Irish: post
→ Italian: post
→ Malay: pos
→ Maori: pōhi
→ Polish: post
→ Portuguese: post
→ Russian: пост ( post )
→ Scottish Gaelic: post
→ Spanish: post
→ Swahili: posta
→ Welsh: post
Translations
method of delivering mail
individual message in a forum
Armenian: հանրագիր (hy) ( hanragir )
Azerbaijani: paylaşım
Bulgarian: пост (bg) m ( post ) , мне́ние (bg) n ( mnénie ) ( in forums )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 帖子 (zh) ( tiězi )
Esperanto: afiŝo
Finnish: viesti (fi) , postaus (fi)
French: message (fr) m , billet (fr) m
German: Beitrag (de) m
Greek: ανάρτηση (el) f ( anártisi )
Hungarian: poszt (hu)
Indonesian: kiriman (id)
Japanese: 書き込み (ja) ( かきこみ, kakikomi ) , カキコ ( kakiko ) ( slang )
Malay: kiriman
Polish: post (pl) m , wypowiedź (pl) f , wiadomość (pl) f , wpis (pl) m
Portuguese: post (pt) m , publicação (pt)
Russian: сообще́ние (ru) n ( soobščénije ) , ( colloquial ) пост (ru) m ( post )
Swedish: postning c , meddelande (sv) n , inlägg (sv) n
Turkish: paylaşım (tr)
Ukrainian: повідо́млення n ( povidómlennja ) , пост m ( post ) , до́пис m ( dópys )
Vietnamese: bài đăng
Verb
post (third-person singular simple present posts , present participle posting , simple past and past participle posted )
To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier .
1818 , [Mary Shelley ], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III) , London: for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, →OCLC :Beyond Cologne we descended to the plain of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way […].
To travel quickly; to hurry .
c. 1603–1606 , William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of King Lear ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , , line 1:Post speedily to my lord your husband.
c. 1652 , John Milton , "On His Blindness", line 13
thousand at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.
( UK , Australia , New Zealand ) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.
( horse-riding ) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting .
( Internet ) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup , forum , blog , etc.
I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
to send mail
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: пращам (bg) ( praštam )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 寄 ( gei3 )
Mandarin: 發 / 发 (zh) ( fā ) , 寄 (zh) ( jì )
Dutch: posten (nl) , op de post doen , versturen (nl) , verzenden (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: lähettää (fi) , postittaa (fi)
French: poster (fr) , mettre à la poste
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: schicken (de)
Greek: ταχυδρομώ (el) ( tachydromó )
Hungarian: felad (hu) , elküld (hu)
Interlingua: postar
Khmer: ផ្ញើសំបុត្រ ( pɲaə sɑmbot )
Maori: pōhi
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: wysłać (pl) pf , wysyłać (pl) impf
Portuguese: postar (pt) , publicar (pt)
Russian: посыла́ть (ru) impf ( posylátʹ ) , посла́ть (ru) pf ( poslátʹ )
Spanish: enviar (por correo )
Swedish: posta (sv) , skicka (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: gửi (vi) , gởi (vi)
(Internet) to publish a message
Bulgarian: публикувам (bg) ( publikuvam )
Chinese:
Hokkien: PO ( pho͘ ) , 貼 / 贴 (zh-min-nan) ( tah )
Mandarin: 張貼 / 张贴 (zh) ( zhāngtiē ) , PO ( pō )
Esperanto: afiŝi
Finnish: lähettää (fi) , julkaista (fi) , postata (fi)
French: poster (fr)
German: posten (de)
Interlingua: postar
Norwegian: legge ut
Portuguese: postar (pt)
Russian: помеща́ть сообще́ние impf ( pomeščátʹ soobščénije ) , помести́ть сообще́ние pf ( pomestítʹ soobščénije ) , по́стить (ru) impf ( póstitʹ ) , пости́ть (ru) impf ( postítʹ ) , запости́ть (ru) pf ( zapostítʹ )
Spanish: postear (es)
Swedish: posta (sv) , skicka (sv) , skriva (sv) , lägga upp (sv)
Ukrainian: публікува́ти до́пис impf ( publikuváty dópys )
Vietnamese: đăng (vi)
Adverb
post (not comparable )
With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express , with speed, quickly .
c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare , “All’s Well, that Ends Well ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :His highness comes post from Marseilles,
1790 , Jane Austen , “Love and Freindship”, in Juvenilia :We therefore determined to change Horses at the next Town and to travel Post the remainder of the Journey.
Sent via the postal service.
Descendants
Translations
with the post, on post horses; express, with speed
sent via the postal service
Etymology 3
Probably from French poste .
Noun
post (plural posts )
An assigned station; a guard post .
2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders ”, in The Economist , volume 407 , number 8839 , page 52 :From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts . For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
An appointed position in an organization, job.
2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism ”, in Guardian :She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post . But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.
Derived terms
See Etymology 2.
Translations
appointed position in an organization
Verb
post (third-person singular simple present posts , present participle posting , simple past and past participle posted )
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
To assign to a station; to set; to place.
Post a sentinel in front of the door.
1839 September, Thomas De Quincey , “Early Memorials of Grasmere”, in Autobiographic Sketches: With Recollections of the Lakes (De Quincey’s Works; II), London: James Hogg & Sons , →OCLC , page 116 :[I]t might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant that had passed as master and commander, or to get him "posted "— [ …]
Translations
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Latin post .
Preposition
post
After ; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications .
2008 , Michael Tomasky, “Obama cannot let the right cast him in that 60s show”, in The Guardian :One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.
2008 , Matthew Stevens, “Lew pressured to reveal what he knows”, in The Australian :Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 5
Clipping of post-production .
Noun
post (uncountable )
( film , informal ) Post-production .
we'll fix it in post
2013 , Bruce Mamer, Film Production Technique: Creating the Accomplished Image :Admittedly many of these can be fixed in post , but this may limit your flexibility in other areas.
See also
Etymology 6
Clipping of post mortem .
Noun
post (plural posts )
( medicine , informal ) A post mortem ( investigation of body's cause of death ) .
2010 , Sandra Glahn, Informed Consent , page 306 :I gotta run. Yes, send the kid to the morgue. We'll do a post on Monday.
Anagrams
Breton
Etymology
From Latin postis .
Pronunciation
Noun
post m (plural postoù or pester )
pillar ; post ; pole
Synonyms
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin postis .
Noun
post f (plural posts or postes )
board , plank
shelf
Synonyms: lleixa , prestatge
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin postus , from positus .
Noun
post m (plural posts or postos )
( military ) post
Participle
post (feminine posta , masculine plural posts or postos , feminine plural postes )
past participle of pondre
Further reading
Cimbrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian posta .
Noun
post f ( Luserna )
post ( method of delivering mail )
post office
Derived terms
References
Cornish
Pronunciation
Noun
post m (plural postow )
post (method of sending mail)
Related terms
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Via French poste m from Italian posto ( “ post, location ” ) , from Latin positus ( “ position ” ) , from the verb pōnō ( “ to place ” ) .
Noun
post c (singular definite posten , plural indefinite poster )
post ( position, job )
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Via French poste f from Italian posta ( “ stopping-place, post office ” ) , from Latin posita , the past participle of pōnō ( “ to place ” ) .
Noun
post c (singular definite posten , not used in plural form )
post , mail ( letters or packages )
post , mail ( a public institution distributing letters or packages )
postman ( a person carrying letters or packages )
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Via French poste f from Italian posta ( “ stopping-place, post office ” ) , from Latin posita , the past participle of pōnō ( “ to place ” ) .
Noun
post c (singular definite posten , plural indefinite poster )
entry ( in a budget )
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Via Middle Low German post from Latin postis ( “ post, door-post ” ) .
Noun
post c (singular definite posten , plural indefinite poster )
pump , tap , faucet ( an outdoor water pump )
( rare , in compounds) post ( supporting a door or a window )
Declension
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French poste , from Italian posta .
Noun
post f or m (plural posten , diminutive postje n )
Mail .
A mail office , a post office .
Derived terms
Descendants
Afrikaans: pos
→ Caribbean Javanese: pos
→ Indonesian: pos
→ Papiamentu: pòst
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French poste , from Italian posto .
Noun
post f or m (plural posten , diminutive postje n )
A location or station , where a soldier is supposed to be; position .
A post , a position, an office.
Toekomstig Amerikaans president Barack Obama maakt zijn keuzes bekend voor de posten binnen zijn kabinet op het gebied van veiligheid en buitenlands beleid. — President elect Barack Obama makes his choices known for the posts within his cabinet in the area of security and exterior policy. (nl.wikipedia, 12/3/2008)
Derived terms
Descendants
Afrikaans: pos
→ Indonesian: pos
→ Saramaccan: pósu
→ Sranan Tongo: postu
→ Caribbean Javanese: postu
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
post
inflection of posten :
first / second / third-person singular present indicative
imperative
Anagrams
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin post .
Pronunciation
Preposition
post
after
behind
French
Etymology
From English post .
Pronunciation
Noun
post m (plural posts )
( Internet ) post ( message on a blog, etc. )
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Verb
post
inflection of posen :
third / second-person singular present
second-person plural present
plural imperative
singular imperative of posten
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English post .
Pronunciation
Noun
post m (genitive singular poist , nominative plural poist )
timber post , stake
( historical ) post, letter carrier ; (letter) post; postman
( military ) post
post, job ( of employment )
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Eclipsis
post
phost
bpost
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English post .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpɔst/ , /ˈpost/ , ( careful style ) /ˈpowst/
Rhymes: -ɔst , -ost , ( careful style ) -owst
Hyphenation: pòst , póst
Noun
post m (invariable )
( Internet ) post ( message in a forum )
References
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From earlier poste , from Proto-Italic *posti , from Proto-Indo-European *pósti , from *pós . Related to pōne .
The accusative is from analogy with ante or inherited like Ancient Greek πρός ( prós ) with the same metaphor.
Pronunciation
Preposition
post (+ accusative )
behind ( of space )
Antonyms: ante , prae
after , since , (transf.) besides , except ( of time )
Adverb
post (not comparable )
behind , back , backwards ( of space )
afterwards , after ( of time )
Derived terms
Descendants
→ ? Albanian: poshtë
Asturian: pues
Aromanian: apoi
→ English: post-
Franco-Provençal: pués , pi , pu , pè
French: puis , post-
Galician: pois , despois , pus
Istriot: puoi
Catalan: puix
Italian: poi , dopo , pos- , post-
Portuguese: pois , depois , após , pos- , pós-
Romanian: păi , apoi
Spanish: pues , después , pos- , post-
Venetian: po , può
References
"post ", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
"post ", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers
post in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
post in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
Pokorny, Julius (1959 ) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary ] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 841
Latvian
Pronunciation
Verb
post (transitive , 1st conjugation , present pošu , pos , poš , past posu )
tidy , clean , adorn
dress up , smarten
Conjugation
Mòcheno
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian posta .
Noun
post f
post ( method of delivering mail )
post office
Derived terms
References
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
Noun
post m
skin
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Italian posta ( in the given sense ) .
Noun
post m (definite singular posten , indefinite plural poster , definite plural postene )
post or mail (letters etc. sent via the postal service )
Derived terms
References
“post” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Italian posta ( in this sense ) .
Noun
post m (definite singular posten , indefinite plural postar , definite plural postane )
post or mail (letters etc. sent via the postal service )
Derived terms
References
“post” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Old English
Etymology
From Latin postis ( “ post, pedestal ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
post m
post
pedestal
Declension
Declension of post (strong a-stem)
Descendants
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pɔst/
Rhymes: -ɔst
Syllabification: post
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ .
Noun
post m inan
fast ( act or practice of abstaining from food )
fast ( period of time during which one abstains from food )
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English post .
Noun
post m animal
post ( message )
Declension
Further reading
post in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
post in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English post .
Pronunciation
Noun
post m (plural posts )
( Internet slang ) post ( individual message in an on-line discussion )
Synonyms: publicação , postagem
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *postъ .
Noun
post n (plural posturi )
fast (period of abstaining from or eating very little food), fasting
Declension
Related terms
See also
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French poste .
Noun
post n (plural posturi )
post , position , job , place , appointment , station
Declension
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Borrowed from English post .
Pronunciation
Noun
post m (genitive singular puist , plural puist )
post , mail
Alternative form of posta
post , stake
letter carrier
Synonym: posta
Derived terms
Verb
post (past phost , future postaidh , verbal noun postadh , past participle poste )
post , mail
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical
Lenition
post
phost
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *postъ .
Pronunciation
Noun
pȏst m (Cyrillic spelling по̑ст )
fast , fasting
Declension
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
pȍst m inan
fast (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative
pòst
genitive
pôsta
singular
nominative(imenovȃlnik)
pòst
genitive(rodȋlnik)
—
dative(dajȃlnik)
—
accusative(tožȋlnik)
—
locative(mẹ̑stnik)
pôstu
instrumental(orọ̑dnik)
pôstom
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English post . Doublet of puesto .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpost/
Rhymes: -ost
Syllabification: post
Noun
post m (plural posts )
( computing ) post
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English post .
Pronunciation
Noun
post c
postal office; an organization delivering mail and parcels
( uncountable ) mail ; collectively for things sent through a post office
item of a list or on an agenda
post ; an assigned station
position to which someone may be assigned or elected
Posten som ordförande i idrottsföreningen är vakant.The position as chairman in the sports association is free.
Declension
Related terms
Anagrams
Turkish
A lamb post .
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پوست , borrowed from Persian پوست ( skin ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
post (definite accusative postu , plural postlar )
fur , hide , pelt
Synonyms: kürk , pösteki
( Islam , Sufism , figuratively , by extension from the pelt used as sitting mat) The position of Sheikhdom in tariqas .
( figuratively ) A position, an office , a chair .
( figuratively ) One's life ; hide , ass , heinie .
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
“post ”, in Turkish dictionaries , Türk Dil Kurumu
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English post .
Noun
post m (uncountable )
post , mail
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin postis .
Noun
post m (plural pyst )
post , pillar
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Mutation