poste

See also: Poste and posté

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish poste.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

poste

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

poste

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

Anagrams

• poets, spote, stoep

Esperanto

Etymology

post +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈposte]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oste
• Hyphenation: pos‧te

Adverb

poste

1. afterwards

   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.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔst/

• audio (la poste)

  (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian posta, from posto.

Noun

poste f (plural postes)

1. post office

   Synonym: bureau de poste

2. (uncountable) mail, postal service/system

   Synonym: courrier

Derived terms

• passer comme une lettre à la poste

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian posto.

Noun

poste m (plural postes)

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

Derived terms

• fidèle au poste
• poste de commandement
• poste de contrôle
• poste de quartier
• poste de travail
• poste d’écoute
• poste d’essence

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: пост (post)
• → Bulgarian: пост (post)
• → Danish: post
• → Dutch: post
  • → Indonesian: pos
• → English: post
  • → Malay: pos
• → Khmer: ប៉ុស្តិ៍ (poh)
• → Russian: пост (post)
• → Swedish: post
• → Ukrainian: пост (post)
• → Vietnamese: bốt

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

poste

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• optes, optés, potes

Galician

A Galician vineyard: the postes keep the vines high, far from the humid ground

Etymology

Attested since 1420. From Latin postis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔstɪ]

Noun

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

References

• “poste” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “poste” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “poste” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “poste” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ste/
• Rhymes: -ɔste
• Hyphenation: pò‧ste

Noun

poste f pl

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ste/, /ˈpɔ.ste/
• Rhymes: -oste, -ɔste
• Hyphenation: pó‧ste, pò‧ste

Participle

poste f pl

1. feminine plural of posto

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ste/, (traditional) /ˈpo.ste/
• Rhymes: -ɔste, (traditional) -oste
• Hyphenation: pò‧ste, (traditional) pó‧ste

Noun

poste f pl

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

Anagrams

• pesto, pestò

Latin

Noun

poste

1. ablative singular of postis

Middle English

Noun

poste

1. Alternative form of pouste

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

poste f (plural postes)

1. (Jersey) post office

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʃ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: pos‧te

Etymology 1

Noun

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 (player who plays closest to the basket)

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Poste

Etymology 2

Verb

poste

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

poste m (plural postes)

1. post (of wood), pole

Hyponyms

• poste indicador
• poste totémico

Descendants

• → Cebuano: poste
• → Tagalog: poste

Further reading

• “poste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

poste ng koryente

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish poste.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pos‧te
• IPA^(key): /ˈposte/, [ˈpos.tɛ]

Noun

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

Derived terms

• nagbibilang ng poste
• poste ng ilaw
• postehan
• pumoste

 

Further reading

• “poste”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[2], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN