poste

Borrowed from Spanish poste.

• Hyphenation: pos‧te
• IPA^(key): /ˈposte/ [ˈpos̪.t̪e]

poste

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

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poste

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

• poets, spote, stoep

From post (“after”) +‎ -e (adverbial suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈposte/

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• Rhymes: -oste
• Syllabification: pos‧te

poste

2. (temporal) afterwards, later

   Antonym: antaŭe

   Coordinate term: unue

   • 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:

     En Parizo ŝi studis Sanskriton kaj la tibetan lingvon, kaj poste en Bruselo ŝi studis muzikon kaj kantadon.

     In Paris, she studied Sanskrit and the Tibetan language, and afterwards in Brussels, she studied music and singing.

• “poste”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “poste”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
• Wells, John C. (1992), “post, after, afterwards, anon, behind, next, then”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[3], →ISBN, pages 130, 169, 174, 187, 315, 393
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “behind, beyond, later, next, rear, then, there”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[4], →ISBN, pages 65, 69, 292, 346, 421, 531
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “post”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[5], →OL, page 326

• IPA^(key): /pɔst/

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Borrowed from Italian posta, from posto.

poste f (plural postes)

1. post office

   Synonym: bureau de poste

2. (uncountable) mail, postal service/system

   Synonym: courrier

• passer comme une lettre à la poste

Borrowed from Italian posto.

poste m (plural postes)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

poste

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

• “poste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• optes, optés, potes

First attested in 1420. From Latin postis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔste/ [ˈpɔs̺.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɔste
• Hyphenation: pos‧te

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

• “poste”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “poste”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “poste”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “poste”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “poste”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “poste”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.te/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔste
• Hyphenation: pò‧ste

poste f pl

1. plural of posta (“mail, post office”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpos.te/, /ˈpɔs.te/^[1]
• Rhymes: -oste, -ɔste
• Hyphenation: pó‧ste, pò‧ste

poste f pl

1. feminine plural of posto

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.te/, (traditional) /ˈpos.te/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔste, (traditional) -oste
• Hyphenation: pò‧ste, (traditional) pó‧ste

poste f pl

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

• pesto, pestò

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.te]

poste (+ accusative)

1. Old Latin form of post

poste

1. ablative singular of postis

poste

1. vocative masculine singular of postus

• 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

poste

1. alternative form of pouste

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

poste f (plural postes)

1. (Jersey) post office

• Hyphenation: pos‧te

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)

• → Hunsrik: Poste

poste

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

• “poste”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “poste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈposte/ [ˈpos.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -oste
• Syllabification: pos‧te

poste m (plural postes)

1. post (of wood), pole

• poste indicador
• poste totémico

• → Cebuano: poste
• → Tagalog: poste

• “poste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish poste, from Latin postis.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈposte/ [ˈpos.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -oste
• Syllabification: pos‧te

poste (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. post; column

   Synonyms: haligi, kolumna

2. pole, esp. a utility pole or a lamppost

   Synonyms: pilar, tukod

   poste ng koryente ― power/electricity pole

   poste ng ilaw ― lamppost/lighting pole

3. police or military post; guard post
4. (slang) tall, thin person
5. (basketball slang) guard

   Synonyms: bantay, guwardiya

• “poste”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[6], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN