postscript

See also: post script

English

Alternative forms

• post script
• postscriptum (post scriptum)
• PS (P.S., p.s., etc.)

Etymology

From New Latin postscriptum, from Latin, neuter of postscriptus, past participle of postscrībō (“write after”), from post (“after”) + scrībō (“write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊst.skɹɪpt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

postscript (plural postscripts)

1. (countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author's signature.
2. (countable) An addition to a story, play, etc. after its completion.

Usage notes

To indicate the beginning of a postscript to a letter, one often uses the abbreviation PS (or P.S., p.s., etc) followed by a colon or comma.

Synonyms

• (addendum to a letter): afterscript, afterword

Translations

addendum to a letter

• Bulgarian: послепис (bg) m (poslepis)
• Catalan: postdata
• Dutch: postscriptum (nl) n, nota bene (nl)
• Esperanto: postskribo
• Finnish: jälkikirjoitus (fi)
• French: post-scriptum (fr)
• German: Postskriptum (de) n
• Greek: υστερόγραφο (el) n (ysterógrafo)
• Hungarian: utóirat (hu), Ui., P. S.
• Maori: kupu āpiti
• Norwegian Bokmål: etterskrift m or f, postskriptum n
• Norwegian Nynorsk: etterskrift f, postskriptum n
• Plautdietsch: Bieschreft f
• Polish: dopisek (pl) m, post scriptum (pl) n, posłowie (pl) n
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• Portuguese: pós-escrito (pt) m
• Romanian: postscriptum n
• Russian: постскри́птум (ru) m (postskríptum)
• Scottish Gaelic: eàrr-sgrìobhadh m
• Slovene: pripis m
• Spanish: posdata (es)
• Swedish: postskriptum (sv) n, efterskrift c
• Tagalog: tighabol
• Thai: ปัจฉิมลิขิต (th)
• Ukrainian: постскри́птум m (postskrýptum)
• Vietnamese: tái bút (vi)
• Volapük: pospenäd (vo)

Verb

postscript (third-person singular simple present postscripts, present participle postscripting, simple past and past participle postscripted)

1. To extend (a letter or another document) with additional remarks.