# post
## English
### Alternative forms

* poast (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəʊst/
* (General American) enPR: pōst, IPA: /poʊst/
* (Canada) IPA: [poːst]
* Audio (US):(file)
* 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)
* A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
    ram a post into the ground
* (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
* A pole in a battery.
* (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
* (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
* (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
* (sports) A goalpost.
** 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎:But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.
* A location on a basketball court near the basket.
* (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
* The vertical part of a crochet stitch.

##### Derived terms

* ale post
* A-post
* back post
* bedpost
* behind post
* be left at the post
* B-post
* C-post
* deaf as a post
* doorpost
* D-post
* dumb as a post
* far post
* fencepost
* from pillar to post
* from post to pillar
* gatepost
* goalpost
* gradient post
* guarding post
* high-post
* hitching post
* jack post
* king post
* knight of the post
* lamppost
* lamp post
* listening post
* low post
* low post area
* milepost
* mooring post
* near post
* newel post
* observation post
* pencil-post bed
* pip at the post
* pip to the post
* pissing post
* plucking post
* poster
* post hanger
* posthole
* post mill
* post mold
* post oak
* post parade
* post prison
* post time
* powder-post
* powder-post beetle
* queen post
* quoin post
* reaching-post
* rubbing post
* Samson post
* scratching post
* seat post
* signalpost
* signal post
* signpost
* snubbing post
* snub post
* sound post
* starting post
* strainer post
* swinging post
* telegraph post
* tool post
* travelling post office
* turning post
* warping post
* whipping post
* whistle post
* winning post

##### Translations

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#### Verb

post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)
* (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
    Post no bills.
* 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.
* (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?
* 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
* (transitive) To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.
** (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.
** (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

* poster
* post the coal
* post up

##### 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)
* (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.]
* (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
* A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
* (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. [from 16th c.]
** 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
** 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.
** 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.
* (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.
* (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.]
** 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.
* A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
* (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.
* (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
** c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], line 273:And then in post he came from Mantua.
* (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

* block post
* blog post
* book post
* border post
* borderpost
* bottom-post
* by return of post
* command post
* Cossack post
* crosspost
* customs post
* dark post
* Dease Lake Post
* flounce post
* folio post
* ghost post
* hardship post
* in the post
* Job's-post
* last post
* make post
* outpost
* parcel post
* penny post
* pigeon post
* pinned post
* pneumatic post
* post and pair
* post bag
* postbag
* post box
* postbox
* postboy
* post-captain
* postcard
* post chaise
* postcode
* post code
* post count
* post day
* post-free
* postgasm
* postgirl
* posthaste
* post-haste
* posthorn
* post horn
* posthorse
* post-horse
* posthouse
* post-house
* postlady
* post lady
* postman
* postmaster
* post note
* postoffice
* post office
* postrider
* post-rider
* post town
* postwoman
* pre-to-post
* registered post
* sentry post
* side-post
* staging post
* stick to one's post
* sticky post
* take post
* top-post
* trading post

##### Descendants

* → Bulgarian: пост (post) (Internet)
* → Chinese: po, PO
    Cantonese: pou$^1$
    Mandarin: pōu
    Min Nan: pho͘
* → French: post
* → Irish: post
* → Italian: post
* → Malay: pos
* → Maori: pōhi
* → Polish: post
* → Portuguese: post
* → Russian: пост (post)
* → Scottish Gaelic: post
* → Spanish: post
* → Swahili: posta
* → Welsh: post

##### Translations
#### Verb

post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)
* 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 […].
* To travel quickly; to hurry. [from 16th c.]
** c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], line 1:Post speedily to my lord your husband.
** 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.
* (UK, 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.
* (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting. [from 19th c.]
* (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

* poster
* post off

##### Descendants

* → Finnish: postata

##### Translations
#### Adverb

post (not comparable)
* With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
** c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:His highness comes post from Marseilles,
** 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post.
** 1790, Jane Austen, “Love and Freindship”, in Juvenilia:We therefore determined to change Horses at the next Town and to travel Post the remainder of the Journey.
** 1886 November 23, Rudyard Kipling, “The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, 2nd edition, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., published 1888, →OCLC, pages 134–135:He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post.
* Sent via the postal service.

##### Descendants

* German: posten

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Probably from French poste.

#### Noun

post (plural posts)
* 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.
* An appointed position in an organization, job.
** 2005, Jesse Helms, “Bill Clinton”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir‎, 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.

##### Derived terms

See Etymology 2.

##### Translations
#### Verb

post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)
* To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
* 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
* 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: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:Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.

##### Derived terms

* ex post
* post factum
* post festum
* post hoc
* post meridiem
* post obitum

##### Translations
### Etymology 5

Clipping of post-production.

#### Noun

post (uncountable)
* (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

* post-

### Etymology 6

Clipping of post mortem.

#### Noun

post (plural posts)
* (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

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

## Breton
### Etymology

Derived from Latin postis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpost/

### Noun

post m (plural postoù or pester)
* pillar; post; pole

#### Synonyms

* peul

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɔst]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin postis.

#### Noun

post f (plural posts or postes)
* board, plank
* 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)
* (military) post

#### Participle

post (feminine posta, masculine plural posts or postos, feminine plural postes)
* 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)
* post (method of delivering mail)
* 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: [pɔːst]

### Etymology 1

From English post.

#### Noun

post m (plural postow)
* (postal service) post
* mail

##### Related terms

* kod post (“post code”)
* lyther (“letter”)
* lytherva (“post office”)
* postya (“mail, post”, verb)
* sodhva an post, sodhva bost (“post office”)

### Etymology 2

From English post

#### Noun

post m (plural postow)
* pillar, post
* stake

##### Derived terms

* post arwodh (“signpost”)

### Mutation
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* post (position, job)

##### 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)
* post, mail (letters or packages)
* post, mail (a public institution distributing letters or packages)
* postman (a person carrying letters or packages)

##### 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)
* entry (in a budget)

##### 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)
* pump, tap, faucet (an outdoor water pump)
* (rare, in compounds) post (supporting a door or a window)

##### Derived terms

* dørpost
* vandpost
* vinduespost

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta.

#### Noun

post f or m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)
* mail
* a mail office, a post office

##### Derived terms

* exprespost
* kabouterpost
* luchtpost
* pakketpost
* postaal
* postadres
* postauto
* postbeambte
* postbedrijf
* postblad
* postbode
* postboot
* postbrief
* postbus
* postcode
* postdienst
* postduif
* posterij
* posthoorn
* postkantoor
* postkoets
* postorder
* postpakket
* postpapier
* poststuk
* posttarief
* posttrein
* postverkeer
* postvlucht
* postwaardestuk
* postweg
* postwezen
* postwissel
* postzak
* postzegel
* streekpost
* veldpost
* zeepost

##### 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)
* a location or station, where a soldier is supposed to be; position
* 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
* inflection of posten:
** first/second/third-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* spot, stop

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin post.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [post]
* Hyphenation: post

### Preposition

post
* after
* behind

## French
### Etymology

Derived from English post.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔst/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

post m (plural posts)
* (Internet) post (message on a blog, etc.)

### Anagrams

* pots, spot, stop, tops

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

post
* inflection of posen:
** second/third-person singular present
** second-person plural present
** plural imperative
* singular imperative of posten

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* posta (Cois Fharraige)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pˠɔsˠt̪ˠ]

### Noun

post m (genitive singular poist, nominative plural poist)
* timber post, stake
* (historical) post, letter carrier; (letter) post; postman
* (military) post
* post, job (of employment)

#### 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

* post deiridh
* post leapa
* 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
* post ceannais
* post comhraic
* post éisteachta
* post faire
* post rialaithe
* i bpost
* post mór
* post muiníne

### Mutation

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, 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: /ˈpɔst/, /ˈpost/, (careful style) /ˈpowst/
* Rhymes: -ɔst, -ost, (careful style) -owst
* Hyphenation: pòst, póst

### Noun

post m (invariable)
* (Internet) post (message in a forum)

### References

* ↑ post in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### 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: /ˈpost/, [ˈpɔs̠t̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpost/, [ˈpɔst̪]

### Preposition

post (+ accusative)
* behind (of space)
    Antonyms: ante, prae
* after, since, (transf.) besides, except (of time)

### Adverb

post (not comparable)
* behind, back, backwards (of space)
* afterwards, after (of time)

#### Derived terms

* post-
* poster
* posterus
* postīcus

#### Descendants

* →? Albanian: poshtë
* Aromanian: apoi
* Asturian: pues
* Catalan: puix
* → English: post-
* Franco-Provençal: pués, pi, pu, pè
* French: puis, post-
* Galician: pois, despois, pus
* Istriot: puoi
* Italian: poi, dopo, pos-, post-
* Mirandese: pus
* Portuguese: pois, depois, após, pos-, pós-
* Romanian: păi, apoi
* Spanish: pues, después, pos-, post-
* Venetan: po, può

### 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: [puôst]

### Verb

post (transitive, 1st conjugation, present pošu, pos, poš, past posu)
* tidy, clean, adorn
* dress up, smarten

#### Conjugation
## Mòcheno
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian posta.

### Noun

post f
* post (method of delivering mail)
* 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: /poːst/

### Noun

post m
* skin

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Derived from Italian posta (in the given sense).

### Noun

post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural poster, definite plural postene)
* post or mail (letters, etc., sent via the postal service)

#### Derived terms

* e-post
* handelspost
* kontrollpost
* postboks
* postbud
* postkasse
* postkontor
* postkort
* utpost

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

#### Derived terms

* e-post
* handelspost
* kontrollpost
* postboks
* postkontor
* postkort
* utpost

### References

* “post” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /post/

### Noun

post m
* post
* pedestal

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Descendants

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

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔst/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔst
* Syllabification: post

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

#### Noun

post m inan
* fast (the act or practice of abstaining from food)
* fast (the period of time during which one abstains from food)

##### Derived terms

* postny
* Wielki Post
* pościć

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English post.

#### Noun

post m animal
* 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpo(w)s.t͡ʃi/ [ˈpo(ʊ̯)s.t͡ʃi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpo(w)s.t͡ʃi/ [ˈpo(ʊ̯)s.t͡ʃi]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpo(w)ʃ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈpo(ʊ̯)ʃ.t͡ʃi]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpo(w)ʃt/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpo(w)ʃt/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈpowʃt/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈpoʃt/

### Noun

post m (plural posts)
* (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)
* fast (a period of abstaining from or eating very little food), fasting

##### Related terms

* posti

#### See also

* păresimi
* Postul Mare

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French poste.

#### Noun

post n (plural posturi)
* post, position, job, place, appointment, station

##### Declension
## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʰɔs̪t̪/

### Noun

post m (genitive singular puist, plural puist)
* post, mail
* Alternative form of posta
* post, stake
* letter carrier
    Synonym: posta

#### Derived terms

* cairt-phuist
* post-bàire
* post-dealain

### Verb

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

### Mutation

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pôːst/

#### Noun

pȏst m (Cyrillic spelling по̑ст)
* fast, fasting

##### Derived terms

* pȍsnīk

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pôst/

#### Noun

pȍst m (Cyrillic spelling по̏ст)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Further reading

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

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ́st/

### Noun

pȍst m inan
* fast (the act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

#### Inflection

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: /ˈpost/ [ˈpost̪]
* Rhymes: -ost
* Syllabification: post

### Noun

post m (plural posts)
* (computing) post

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔst/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔst

### Noun

post c
* postal office; an organization delivering mail and parcels
* (uncountable) mail; collectively for things sent through a post office
* item of a list or on an agenda
* post; an assigned station
* 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.

#### Related terms

* posta
* Posten
* postkontor
* postlåda

### Anagrams

* stop

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [post]

### Noun

post (definite accusative postu, plural postlar)
* fur, hide, pelt
    Synonyms: kürk, pösteki
* (Islam, Sufism, figuratively, by extension from the pelt used as sitting mat) The position of Sheikhdom in tariqas.
* (figuratively) A position, an office, a chair.
* (figuratively) One's life; hide, ass, heinie.

#### Declension

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

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “post1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

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

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /poːsd/, [pʰoːst]
* (South Wales) IPA: /pɔsd/, [pʰɔst]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English post.

#### Noun

post m (uncountable)
* post, mail

##### Derived terms

* e-bost
* postfeistr
* postio

### Etymology 2

Derived from Latin postis.

#### Noun

post m (plural pyst)
* post, pillar

##### Alternative forms

* postyn

##### Derived terms

* mynegbost (“signpost”)

### Mutation

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