post

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English

Alternative forms

• poast (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəʊst/
• (General American) enPR: pōst, IPA^(key): /poʊst/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [poːst]
• Rhymes: -əʊst

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Latin postis (“a post, a door-post”) through Old French. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. OED indicates there's more to this.

Noun

post (plural posts)

1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.

2. (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
3. A pole in a battery.
4. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
5. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
6. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
7. (sports) A goalpost.
8. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
9. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
10. The vertical part of a crochet stitch.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)

1. (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.

2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
3. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
4. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
5. (transitive) To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.
   1. (gambling) To pay (a stake or blind).

   2. (law) To pay bail.
6. This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {}.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Chinese: po

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).

Noun

post (plural posts)

1. (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. [16th–17th c.]
2. (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.

3. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
4. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. [from 16th c.]
5. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation. [from 17th c.]

   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.

6. (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. [from 17th c.]
8. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
9. (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.

10. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
11. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)

1. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier. [from 16th c.]
2. To travel quickly; to hurry. [from 16th c.]
   • 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.

3. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]

4. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting. [from 19th c.]
5. (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

• poster
• post off

Descendants

• → Finnish: postata

Translations

Adverb

post (not comparable)

1. With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
2. Sent via the postal service.

Descendants

• German: posten

Translations

Etymology 3

Probably from French poste.

Noun

post (plural posts)

1. An assigned station; a guard post.
2. An appointed position in an organization, job.

Derived terms

See Etymology 2.

Translations

Verb

post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)

1. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
2. To assign to a station; to set; to place.

Translations

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Latin post.

Preposition

post

1. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 5

Clipping of post-production.

Noun

post (uncountable)

1. (film, informal) Post-production.

See also

• post-

Etymology 6

Clipping of post mortem.

Noun

post (plural posts)

1. (medicine, informal) A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).

Anagrams

• OTPs, SPTO, spot, TSOP, OSTP, Tops, pots, TPOs, TOPS, stop, tops, Spot, POTS, opts, PTOs

Breton

Etymology

Derived from Latin postis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpost/

Noun

post m (plural postoù or pester)

1. pillar; post; pole

Synonyms

• peul

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɔst]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin postis.

Noun

post f (plural posts or postes)

1. board, plank
2. shelf

   Synonyms: lleixa, prestatge

Hyponyms

• tauló

Derived terms

• post de pit
• post de planxar

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin postus, from positus.

Noun

post m (plural posts or postos)

1. (military) post

Participle

post (feminine posta, masculine plural posts or postos, feminine plural postes)

1. past participle of pondre

Further reading

• “post” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cimbrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian posta.

Noun

post f (Luserna)

1. post (method of delivering mail)
2. post office

Derived terms

• postkart

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔːst]

Etymology 1

From English post.

Noun

post m (plural postow)

1. (postal service) post
2. mail

Related terms

Etymology 2

From English post

Noun

post m (plural postow)

1. pillar, post
2. stake

Derived terms

Mutation

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔst/, [ˈpʰʌsd̥]

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)

1. post (position, job)

Declension

Derived terms

• postere
• vagtpost

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)

1. post, mail (letters or packages)
2. post, mail (a public institution distributing letters or packages)
3. postman (a person carrying letters or packages)

Declension

Derived terms

• postbud
• postkontor

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)

1. entry (in a budget)

Declension

Derived terms

• postere

Etymology 4

Via Middle Low German post from Latin postis (“post, door-post”).

Noun

post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)

1. pump, tap, faucet (an outdoor water pump)
2. (rare, in compounds) post (supporting a door or a window)

Declension

Derived terms

• dørpost
• vandpost
• vinduespost

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔst/
• Hyphenation: post
• Rhymes: -ɔst

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta.

Noun

post f or m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)

1. mail
2. a mail office, a post office

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pos
• → Caribbean Javanese: pos
• → Indonesian: pos
  • → Petjo: pos
• → Papiamentu: pòst

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French poste, from Italian posto.

Noun

post f or m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)

1. a location or station, where a soldier is supposed to be; position
2. 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

• grenspost
• handelspost
• legerpost

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

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

Anagrams

• spot, stop

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin post.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /post/
• Rhymes: -ost
• Hyphenation: post

Preposition

post

1. after
2. behind

French

Etymology

Derived from English post.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔst/

Noun

post m (plural posts)

1. (Internet) post (message on a blog, etc.)

Anagrams

• pots, spot, stop, tops

German

Pronunciation

Verb

post

1. inflection of posen:
   1. second/third-person singular present
   2. second-person plural present
   3. plural imperative
2. singular imperative of posten

Irish

Alternative forms

• posta (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pˠɔsˠt̪ˠ]

Noun

post m (genitive singular poist, nominative plural poist)

1. timber post, stake
2. (historical) post, letter carrier; (letter) post; postman
3. (military) post
4. post, job (of employment)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “post”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “post”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “post”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

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)

1. (Internet) post (message in a forum)

References

Anagrams

• spot, stop

Latin

Alternative forms

• poste (Old 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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpost/, [ˈpɔs̠t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpost/, [ˈpɔst̪]

Preposition

post (+ accusative)

1. behind (of space)

   Antonyms: ante, prae

2. after, since, (transf.) besides, except (of time)

Adverb

post (not comparable)

1. behind, back, backwards (of space)
2. afterwards, after (of time)

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [puôst]

Verb

post (transitive, 1st conjugation, present pošu, pos, poš, past posu)

1. tidy, clean, adorn
2. dress up, smarten

Conjugation

Mòcheno

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian posta.

Noun

post f

1. post (method of delivering mail)
2. post office

Derived terms

• postkòrt

References

• “post” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poːst/

Noun

post m

1. skin

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Derived from Italian posta (in the given sense).

Noun

post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural poster, definite plural postene)

1. post or mail (letters, etc., sent via the postal service)

Derived terms

References

• “post” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Derived from Italian posta (in this sense).

Noun

post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural postar, definite plural postane)

1. post or mail (letters etc. sent via the postal service)

Derived terms

References

• “post” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin postis (“post, pedestal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /post/

Noun

post m

1. post
2. pedestal

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Descendants

• Middle English: post, poste
  • English: post
    • → German: Post
  • Scots: post, poist

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔst/
• Rhymes: -ɔst
• Syllabification: post

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Noun

post m inan

1. fast (the act or practice of abstaining from food)
2. fast (the period of time during which one abstains from food)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English post.

Noun

post m animal

1. 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)

1. (Internet slang) post (an individual message in an on-line discussion)

   Synonyms: publicação, postagem

Related terms

• postar

Romanian

Etymology 1

Derived from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Noun

post n (plural posturi)

1. fast (a period of abstaining from or eating very little food), fasting

Declension

Related terms

• posti

See also

• păresimi
• Postul Mare

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French poste.

Noun

post n (plural posturi)

1. post, position, job, place, appointment, station

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔs̪t̪/

Noun

post m (genitive singular puist, plural puist)

1. post, mail
2. post, stake
3. postman, postie, mailman, letter carrier

   Synonym: posta

Derived terms

• cairt-phuist
• post-bàire
• post-dealain

Verb

post (past phost, future postaidh, verbal noun postadh, past participle poste)

1. post, mail

Mutation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôːst/

Noun

pȏst m (Cyrillic spelling по̑ст)

1. fast, fasting

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “post”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôst/

Noun

pȍst m (Cyrillic spelling по̏ст)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {}.

Further reading

• “post”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ́st/

Noun

pȍst m inan

1. fast (the act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “post”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “post”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English post. Doublet of puesto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpost/ [ˈpost̪]
• Rhymes: -ost
• Syllabification: post

Noun

post m (plural posts)

1. (computing) post

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔst/
• Rhymes: -ɔst

Noun

post c

1. postal office; an organization delivering mail and parcels
2. (uncountable) mail; collectively for things sent through a post office
3. item of a list or on an agenda
4. post; an assigned station
5. position to which someone may be assigned or elected

Declension

Related terms

Anagrams

• stop

Turkish

Etymology

Derived from Ottoman Turkish پوست, borrowed from Persian پوست (skin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [post]

Noun

post (definite accusative postu, plural postlar)

1. fur, hide, pelt

   Synonyms: kürk, pösteki

2. (Islam, Sufism, figuratively, by extension from the pelt used as sitting mat) The position of Sheikhdom in tariqas.
3. (figuratively) A position, an office, a chair.
4. (figuratively) One's life; hide, ass, heinie.

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “post”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /poːsd/, [pʰoːst]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /pɔsd/, [pʰɔst]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English post.

Noun

post m (uncountable)

1. post, mail

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Derived from Latin postis.

Noun

post m (plural pyst)

1. post, pillar

Alternative forms

• postyn

Derived terms

• mynegbost (“signpost”)

Mutation