post

post

See also: Appendix:Variations of "post"

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Middle English post, from Old English post (pillar, door-post) and Old French post (post, upright beam), both from Latin postis (door, post, doorpost).

    Noun

    post (plural posts)

    1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
      ram a post into the ground
    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.
      • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC[1]:
        But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.
    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.
      • 1600, Samuel Rowlands, The knauve of clubs:
        when God ſends coyne,
        I will diſcharge your poaſt
    10. The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
    Derived terms
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    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.
      Post no bills.
      Martin Luther posted his ninety five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg.
    2. (transitive, by extension) To announce publicly; to publish.
      The company posted record profits this quarter.
      • 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 4, in Illusion of Order:
        Although New York City preceded many large cities in posting a drop in homicides and other violent offenses in the early 1990s, by the end of the decade it also seemed to be at the forefront of a possible cyclical rebound.
      • 2024 August 23, @jbodineh, Twitter[2]:
        He’s saying if you can’t win, quitting is okay? What would the PGA say if golfers quit the tournament after posting a high score?
    3. 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.
    4. (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?
    5. 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
    6. (transitive) To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.
      1. (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.
      2. (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
    • Chinese: po
    Translations
    References

    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.
      a stage or railway post
    3. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
      • 1865, David Field Rennie, M.D., Peking and the Pekingese[3], volume II, London: John Murray, page 42:
        September 6th.—The English mail of the 10th of July arrived to-day, and while Mr. Hart was at the Foreign Office engaged on business with Wan-se-ang and Hang-Ki, he received his Shang-hai letters, one of which contained the news of the recapture by the Imperial forces of the cities of Woo-tu and Nan-ching, two important rebel posts.
    4. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. [from 16th c.]
      • 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], line 152:
        I fear my Julia would not deign my lines,
        Receiving them from such a worthless post.
      • 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
      • 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.
    5. (UK, Ireland, India, Australia, New Zealand):
      1. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation. [from 17th c.]
        Synonym: mail
        I sent a parcel via/by 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.
      2. 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.]
        Synonym: mail
        • 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.
    6. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
      • 2026 March 11, Chad de Guzman, “Who Is Balendra Shah, the Rapper On Track to Become Nepal’s Next Prime Minister”, in TIME[4], archived from the original on 11 March 2026:
        Oli conceded defeat and, in a post on X Saturday, congratulated Shah. “Balen Babu, Congratulations to you for the victory! May your five-year tenure be smooth and successful—heartfelt best wishes!”
    7. (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.
    8. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
    9. (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
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    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.]
      • 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. [], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: [] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:
        Beyond Cologne we descended to the plain of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way […].
    2. To travel quickly; to hurry. [from 16th c.]
    3. (UK, Ireland, India, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]
      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.
    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.]
      I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.
    Derived terms
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    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
    Translations

    Etymology 3

    Probably from French poste.

    Noun

    post (plural posts)

    1. 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.
    2. An appointed position in an organization, job.
      • 2005, Jesse Helms, “Bill Clinton”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir[5], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198:
        As hard as this may seem for some people to understand, my adamant stand in favor of President Clinton leaving his post was not personal.
      • 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.
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    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.
      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

      1. 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[6]:
          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[7]:
          Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.
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      Etymology 5

      Clipping of post-production.

      Noun

      post (uncountable)

      1. (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)

      1. (medicine, informal) A post mortem (an investigation of a 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

      Derived from Latin postis.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈpost/

      Noun

      post m (plural postoù or pester)

      1. pillar; post; pole

      Synonyms

      Catalan

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      Inherited from Latin postis.

      Noun

      post f (plural posts or postes)

      1. board, plank
      2. shelf
        Synonyms: lleixa, prestatge
      Hyponyms
      Derived terms

      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

      Cimbrian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Italian posta.

      Noun

      post f (Luserna)

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

      Derived terms

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      Cornish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [pɔːst]

      Etymology 1

      From English post.

      Noun

      post m (plural postow)

      1. (postal service) post
      2. mail

      Etymology 2

      From English post

      Noun

      post m (plural postow)

      1. pillar, post
      2. stake
      Derived terms
      • post arwodh (signpost)

      Mutation

      Mutation of post
      radical soft aspirate hard mixed
      post bost fost unchanged unchanged

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      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
      Declension of post
      common
      gender
      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative post posten poster posterne
      genitive posts postens posters posternes
      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)

      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
      Declension of post
      common
      gender
      singular
      indefinite definite
      nominative post posten
      genitive posts postens
      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)

      1. entry (in a budget)
      Declension
      Declension of post
      common
      gender
      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative post posten poster posterne
      genitive posts postens posters posternes
      Derived terms

      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
      Declension of post
      common
      gender
      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative post posten poster posterne
      genitive posts postens posters posternes
      Derived terms
      • dørpost
      • vandpost
      • vinduespost

      Dutch

      Etymology 1

      Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta.

      Pronunciation

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

      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
      • Papiamentu: pòst

      Etymology 2

      Borrowed from French poste, from Italian posto.

      Pronunciation

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

      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
      Descendants
      • Afrikaans: pos
      • Indonesian: pos
      • Saramaccan: pósu
      • Sranan Tongo: postu
        • Caribbean Javanese: postu

      Etymology 3

      Borrowed from English post.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /poːst/
      • Hyphenation: post
      • Rhymes: -oːst

      Noun

      post m (plural posts, diminutive postje n)

      1. post (message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.)
      Derived terms

      Etymology 4

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      post f (plural posten, diminutive postje n)

      1. alternative form of pos

      Etymology 5

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronunciation

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

      Verb

      post

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

      Anagrams

      Esperanto

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Latin post.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /post/
      • Audio 1:(file)
      • Audio 2:(file)
      • Audio 3:(file)
      • Rhymes: -ost
      • Syllabification: post

      Preposition

      post

      1. after
      2. behind

      Further reading

      French

      Etymology

        Borrowed from English post.

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        post m (plural posts)

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

        Anagrams

        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

        Interlingua

        Etymology

        Derived from English post, also Italian post and Spanish post.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /post/

        Noun

        post (plural posts)

        1. (Internet) post

        Irish

        Alternative forms

        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

        Declension of post (first declension)
        bare forms
        singular plural
        nominative post poist
        vocative a phoist a phosta
        genitive poist post
        dative post poist
        forms with the definite article
        singular plural
        nominative an post na poist
        genitive an phoist na bpost
        dative leis an bpost
        don phost
        leis na poist

        Derived terms

        timber post
        • post deiridh
        • post leapa
        letters
        • aerphost
        • bád poist
        • cárta poist
        • cúrsa poist
        • fear poist
        • máistir poist
        • máistreás phoist
        • oifig an phoist
        • ordú poist
        • ríomhphost
        • seirbhís phoist
        • stampa poist
        • teach poist
        military
        • post ceannais
        • post comhraic
        • post éisteachta
        • post faire
        • post rialaithe
        job
        • i bpost
        • post mór
        • post muiníne

        Mutation

        Mutated forms of post
        radical lenition eclipsis
        post phost bpost

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

        Further reading

        • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “post”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
        • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “post”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
        • post”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

        Italian

        Etymology

        Unadapted borrowing from English post.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈpɔst/, /ˈpost/, (careful style) /ˈpowst/[1]
        • Rhymes: -ɔst, -ost, (careful style) -owst
        • Hyphenation: pòst, póst

        Noun

        post m (invariable)

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

        References

        1. ^ post in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

        Anagrams

        Latin

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

          Inherited from Old Latin poste, from Proto-Italic *posti, from Proto-Indo-European *pósti, from *pós. Related to pōne.

          Pronunciation

          Preposition

          post (+ accusative)

          1. behind (of space)
            Antonyms: ante, prae
          2. after, since, (transf.) besides, except (of time)

          Adverb

          post (not comparable)

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

          Derived terms

          Descendants

          References

          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

          Conjugation of post (1st)
          indicative (īstenības izteiksme) imperative
          (pavēles izteiksme)
          present
          (tagadne)
          past
          (pagātne)
          future
          (nākotne)
          1st person sg es pošu posu posīšu
          2nd person sg tu pos posi posīsi pos
          3rd person sg viņš, viņa poš posa posīs lai poš
          1st person pl mēs pošam posām posīsim posīsim
          2nd person pl jūs pošat posāt posīsiet,
          posīsit
          posiet
          3rd person pl viņi, viņas poš posa posīs lai poš
          renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme) participles (divdabji)
          present pošot present active 1 (adj.) posošs
          past esot posis present active 2 (adv.) posdams
          future posīšot present active 3 (adv.) pošot
          imperative lai pošot present active 4 (obj.) pošam
          conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme) past active posis
          present postu present passive pošams
          past būtu posis past passive posts
          debitive (vajadzības izteiksme) nominal forms
          indicative (būt) jāpoš infinitive (nenoteiksme) post
          conjunctive 1 esot jāpoš negative infinitive nepost
          conjunctive 2 jāpošot verbal noun pošana

          Mòcheno

          Etymology

          Borrowed from Italian posta.

          Noun

          post f

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

          Derived terms

          References

          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

          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

          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

            Polish

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ˈpɔst/
            • Audio:(file)
            • 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
              adjective

              Etymology 2

                Borrowed from English post.

                Noun

                post m animal

                1. post (message)
                Declension

                Further reading

                • post”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[8] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
                • post”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[9] (in Polish)

                Portuguese

                Etymology

                Unadapted borrowing from English post. Doublet of poste.

                Pronunciation

                 
                • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpo(w)s.t͡ʃi/ [ˈpo(ʊ̯)s.t͡ʃi]
                 

                Noun

                post m (plural posts)

                1. (Internet slang) post (an individual message in an on-line discussion)
                  Synonyms: publicação, postagem

                Further reading

                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
                singular plural
                indefinite definite indefinite definite
                nominative-accusative post postul posturi posturile
                genitive-dative post postului posturi posturilor
                vocative postule posturilor

                See also

                Etymology 2

                Borrowed from French poste.

                Noun

                post n (plural posturi)

                1. post, position, job, place, appointment, station
                2. (Internet) post
                Declension
                singular plural
                indefinite definite indefinite definite
                nominative-accusative post postul posturi posturile
                genitive-dative post postului posturi posturilor
                vocative postule posturilor

                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

                Verb

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

                1. post, mail

                Mutation

                Mutation of post
                radical lenition
                post phost

                Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
                All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

                Serbo-Croatian

                Etymology 1

                From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

                Pronunciation

                • IPA(key): /pôːst/

                Noun

                pȏst m inan (Cyrillic spelling по̑ст)

                1. fast, fasting
                Declension
                Declension of post
                singular plural
                nominative pȏst pòstovi
                genitive pȍsta postóvā
                dative pȍstu postòvima
                accusative pȏst pòstove
                vocative pȍste pȍstovi
                locative pòstu postòvima
                instrumental pȍstom postòvima
                Derived terms

                Further reading

                • post”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

                Etymology 2

                Pronunciation

                • IPA(key): /pôst/

                Noun

                pȍst m inan or m anim (Cyrillic spelling по̏ст)

                1. (inanimate) pole, pillar
                2. (basketball, animate) center, pivot
                3. (Internet, inanimate) post (on a forum, etc.)

                Further reading

                • post”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

                Slovene

                Pronunciation

                • IPA(key): /pɔ́st/

                Noun

                pȍst m inan

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

                Declension

                The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
                Masculine inan., hard o-stem
                nominative pòst
                genitive pôsta
                singular
                nominative
                (imenovȃlnik)
                pòst
                genitive
                (rodȋlnik)
                pôsta
                dative
                (dajȃlnik)
                pôstu
                accusative
                (tožȋlnik)
                pòst
                locative
                (mẹ̑stnik)
                pôstu
                instrumental
                (orọ̑dnik)
                pôstom

                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 and poste.

                Pronunciation

                • IPA(key): /ˈpost/ [ˈpost̪]
                  • Rhymes: -ost
                  • Syllabification: post
                • IPA(key): (less common) /ˈpoust/ [ˈpou̯st̪]
                  • Rhymes: -oust

                Noun

                post m (plural post or posts)

                1. (Internet) post
                  Synonyms: posteo, publicación

                Derived terms

                Further reading

                • Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “post”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA

                Swedish

                Etymology

                Borrowed from English post.

                Pronunciation

                • IPA(key): /pɔst/
                • Audio:(file)
                • 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
                  Posten som ordförande i idrottsföreningen är vakant.
                  The position as chairman in the sports association is free.

                Declension

                Anagrams

                Turkish

                Etymology

                Derived from Ottoman Turkish پوست, borrowed from Classical Persian پوسْت (pōst, skin).[1]

                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

                Declension of post
                singular plural
                nominative post postlar
                definite accusative postu postları
                dative posta postlara
                locative postta postlarda
                ablative posttan postlardan
                genitive postun postların
                Possessive forms
                nominative
                singular plural
                1st singular postum postlarım
                2nd singular postun postların
                3rd singular postu postları
                1st plural postumuz postlarımız
                2nd plural postunuz postlarınız
                3rd plural postları postları
                definite accusative
                singular plural
                1st singular postumu postlarımı
                2nd singular postunu postlarını
                3rd singular postunu postlarını
                1st plural postumuzu postlarımızı
                2nd plural postunuzu postlarınızı
                3rd plural postlarını postlarını
                dative
                singular plural
                1st singular postuma postlarıma
                2nd singular postuna postlarına
                3rd singular postuna postlarına
                1st plural postumuza postlarımıza
                2nd plural postunuza postlarınıza
                3rd plural postlarına postlarına
                locative
                singular plural
                1st singular postumda postlarımda
                2nd singular postunda postlarında
                3rd singular postunda postlarında
                1st plural postumuzda postlarımızda
                2nd plural postunuzda postlarınızda
                3rd plural postlarında postlarında
                ablative
                singular plural
                1st singular postumdan postlarımdan
                2nd singular postundan postlarından
                3rd singular postundan postlarından
                1st plural postumuzdan postlarımızdan
                2nd plural postunuzdan postlarınızdan
                3rd plural postlarından postlarından
                genitive
                singular plural
                1st singular postumun postlarımın
                2nd singular postunun postlarının
                3rd singular postunun postlarının
                1st plural postumuzun postlarımızın
                2nd plural postunuzun postlarınızın
                3rd plural postlarının postlarının

                Derived terms

                • keçi postu
                • post elden gitmek
                • post kavgası
                • post vermek
                • postnişin
                • postu deldirmek
                • postu kurtarmak
                • postu sermek
                • postuna oturmak
                • postuna saman doldurmak
                • postundan olmak

                References

                1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “post1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

                Further reading

                • post”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
                • post”, in RTÜK Telaffuz Sözlüğü [Pronunciation (Standard Turkish) Dictionary by RTÜK] (in Turkish), Ankara: Radyo ve Televizyon Üst Kurulu

                Welsh

                Pronunciation

                Etymology 1

                Borrowed from English post.

                Noun

                post m (uncountable)

                1. (often with definite article) post, mail
                  Synonyms: llythyrgludiad, cludiad
                Derived terms

                Etymology 2

                Derived from Latin postis.

                Noun

                post m (plural pyst)

                1. post, pillar
                  Synonym: colofn
                Alternative forms
                • postyn
                Derived terms
                • cynhalbost (support, stanchion)
                • mynegbost (signpost)

                Mutation

                Mutated forms of post
                radical soft nasal aspirate
                post bost mhost phost

                Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
                All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

                Further reading

                • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “post”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[10], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
                • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “post”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
                • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “post”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies