poste

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See also: Poste, posté, pöste, postë, and pøste

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish poste.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pos‧te
  • IPA(key): /ˈposte/

Noun

poste

  1. post; column
  2. pole, esp. a utility pole
  3. police or military outpost

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

poste

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of posten

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From post +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Adverb

poste

  1. afterwards
    Antonym: antaŭe
    Coordinate term: unue
    • 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio:
      Mi eniris en la manĝosalonon kaj matenmanĝis kaj poste promenadis sur la perono.
      I entered into the dining room and had breakfast, and afterwards walked out on the front steps.

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian posta, from posto.

Noun

poste f (plural postes)

  1. post office
    Synonym: bureau de poste
  2. (uncountable) mail, postal service/system
    Synonym: courrier
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Persian: پست (post)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian posto.

Noun

poste m (plural postes)

  1. job, post
  2. position (in a sport, or an observation post)
  3. (slang) police station (ellipsis of poste de police), nick
  4. a receiver, an electronic device
    1. (colloquial) radio (ellipsis of poste de radio)
    2. (colloquial) TV, TV set (ellipsis of poste de télévision)
  5. (telephone) extension
  6. stretch, stint (at work)
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

poste

  1. inflection of poster:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

A Galician vineyard: the postes keep the vines high, far from the humid ground

Etymology

Attested since 1420. From Latin postis.

Pronunciation

Noun

poste m (plural postes)

  1. pole; post
  2. prop
    Synonyms: esteo, rodriga
    • 1420, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 621:
      que ontrechantedes de bõõ poste a vina dos Tíígas et a vina de Casar de mato
      that you put good props in the vineyard of Tigas and the vineyard of Casar de Mato
  3. column
    Synonyms: esteal, columna
  4. stake
    Synonym: estaca

References

German

Pronunciation

Verb

poste

  1. inflection of posten:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative
  2. inflection of posen:
    1. first/third-person singular preterite
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive II

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

poste f pl

  1. plural of posta (mail, post office)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Participle

poste f pl

  1. feminine plural of posto

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.ste/, (traditional) /ˈpo.ste/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔste, (traditional) -oste
  • Hyphenation: pò‧ste, (traditional) pó‧ste

Noun

poste f pl

  1. plural of posta (laying (of eggs))

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 poste in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

poste

  1. ablative singular of postis

Etymology 2

    Preposition

    poste

    1. Archaic form of post.

    References

    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 483

    Middle English

    Noun

    poste

    1. Alternative form of pouste

    Norman

    Etymology

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Noun

    poste f (plural postes)

    1. (Jersey) post office

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

     

    • Hyphenation: pos‧te

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    poste m (plural postes)

    1. a large post, such as a lamppost or utility pole
    2. (sports) goalpost (one of the two vertical side poles of a goal)
    3. (basketball) center (a player who plays closest to the basket)
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    poste

    1. inflection of postar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈposte/
    • Rhymes: -oste
    • Syllabification: pos‧te

    Noun

    poste m (plural postes)

    1. post (of wood), pole

    Hyponyms

    Descendants

    Further reading

    Tagalog

    poste ng koryente

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish poste.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    poste (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

    1. post; column
      Synonyms: haligi, kolumna
    2. pole, esp. a utility pole or a lamppost
      Synonyms: pilar, tukod
      poste ng koryentepower/electricity pole
      poste ng ilawlamppost/lighting pole
    3. police or military post; guard post
    4. (slang) tall, thin person
    5. (basketball slang) guard
      Synonyms: bantay, guwardiya

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • poste”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
    • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN