# post-
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /poʊst/
* (UK) IPA: /pəʊst/

### Prefix

post-
* after; later.
    Synonym: after-
    Antonyms: pre-, ante-, fore-, retro-
* (anatomy) behind.
    Synonym: retro-
    Antonyms: pre-, ante-, fore-

#### Derived terms

* 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
### 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: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˌpɔst]

### Prefix

post-
* post-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

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

## Czech
### Etymology

Latin post (“after, behind”).

### Prefix

post-
* post-

#### Derived terms
### 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: [ˈpʰɔˀsd̥]

### Prefix

post-
* post-

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin post (“after, behind”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

post-
* post-

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔst/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Prefix

post-
* post-

#### Derived terms
## German
### Etymology

Latin post

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔst/
* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

post-
* 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
## Italian
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

From Latin post (“after”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌpɔst/
** Hyphenation: pòst-
* IPA: /ˌpɔs/ (before a consonant)

### Prefix

post-
* post-
* forms terms relating to post / mail (especially in Swiss Italian)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* spot, stop

## Polish
### Etymology

From Latin post.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔst/
* Rhymes: -ɔst
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Prefix

post-
* post-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* post- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* pos-

### Prefix

post-
* post-
    Antonym: pre-

#### Derived terms
### 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