post-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "post"

English

Etymology

Latin post (“after, behind”). Cognate with Spanish pues (“well, so, then”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /poʊst/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəʊst/

Prefix

post-

2. after, later
4. (anatomy) behind

Synonyms

• (after): after-

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “after”): pre-, ante-, fore-
• (antonym(s) of “behind”): pre-, ante-, fore-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with post-

terms derived from post-

• postaxial
• postbellum
• post-boost phase
• postclassical
• postcoital
• postcolonial
• postconsumer
• postcranial
• postdate
• postdiluvian
• postdoc
• postdoctoral
• postembryonic
• post-Enlightenment
• postexilic
• postfix
• postfrontal
• postganglionic
• postgasm
• postglacial
• postgraduate
• posthaste
• posthole
• posthumous
• posthypnotic suggestion
• postidentity
• postimpressionism
• postindustrial
• postlux
• postmenopausal
• postmenstrual
• postmeridian
• postmillenarian
• postmillenarianism
• postmillennial
• postmillennialism
• postmodern
• postmortem
• postnasal
• post-nasal drip
• postnatal
• postnuptial
• post-op
• postoperative
• postorbital
• postpartum
• post-polio syndrome
• postpone
• postpose
• postposition
• postpositive
• postprandial
• postproduction
• postscript
• postseason
• postsecular
• poststructuralism
• postsynaptic
• posttenebras
• posttest
• posttranscriptional
• posttransfusion
• post-transition metal
• posttranslational
• posttraumatic
• postvertebral
• postvocalic
• postwar

 

Translations

later

• Armenian: հետ- (het-)
• Catalan: post- (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後- / 后- (zh) (hòu), -後 / -后 (zh) (hòu)

• Czech: po-
• Dutch: post- (nl)
• French: post- (fr)
• German: nach-, post-
• Greek: μετα- (el) (meta-), υστερο- (ystero-)
• Hebrew: פוסט- (po'st-), -בתר
• Hungarian: poszt- (hu)
• Ido: pos-
• Italian: post- (it)
• Malay: pasca- (ms)
• Portuguese: pós- (pt)
• Russian: после- (ru) (posle-), пост- (ru) (post-)
• Scottish Gaelic: iar-
• Spanish: pos- (es), post- (es)
• Tagalog: pagka-
• Vietnamese: hậu (vi)

behind

• Catalan: post- (ca)
• Dutch: post- (nl)
• French: post- (fr)
• Ido: dop-
• Russian: за- (ru) (za-)
• Scottish Gaelic: iar-

Further reading

• “post-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “post-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “post-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. -- has many derived terms

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin post.

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

post-

1. post-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with post-

Further reading

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

Czech

Etymology

Latin post (“after, behind”).

Prefix

post-

1. post-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with post-

Further reading

• post- I in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
• post- II in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish

Etymology

From Latin post (“after, behind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰɔˀsd̥]

Prefix

post-

1. post-

Danish terms prefixed with post-

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin post (“after, behind”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Prefix

post-

1. post-

Dutch terms prefixed with post-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔst/

• Audio (Canada):

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Prefix

post-

1. post-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with post-

German

Etymology

Latin post

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔst/

• Audio:

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Prefix

post-

1. post-

   Synonym: nach-

   Antonyms: prä-, vor-

Usage notes

It is relatively uncommon to prefix post- to native German words, for which nach- is preferred. While a compound postmittelalterlich ("post-mediaeval") is not altogether impossible, one will normally use nachmittelalterlich. Post- is common with learned words, such as postmodern or posttraumatisch.

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with post-

Italian

Alternative forms

• pos- (before t, or before any consonant in commonly used words)

Etymology

From Latin post (“after”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɔst/
  • Hyphenation: pòst-
• IPA^(key): /ˌpɔs/ (before a consonant)

Prefix

post-

1. post-
2. forms terms relating to post / mail (especially in Swiss Italian)

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with post-

Further reading

• post- in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• spot, stop

Polish

Etymology

From Latin post.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔst/
• Rhymes: -ɔst
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Prefix

post-

1. post-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with post-

Further reading

• post- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Alternative forms

• pos-

Prefix

post-

1. post-

   Antonym: pre-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with post-

Further reading

• “post-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10