postnominal

See also: post-nominal

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ nominal.

Noun

Examples (post-nominal letters)
Jane Jones, MD, PhD, MPH

Examples (linguistics)
"friend of mine"

postnominal (plural postnominals)

1. Something, such as a title or abbreviation denoting an attained academic degree or a membership in an organization, which is placed after a name.
2. (linguistics) Something which is placed after a noun.

Adjective

postnominal (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of post-nominal.

Derived terms

• postnominally

Anagrams

• monoplanist

Romanian

Etymology

From post- +‎ nominal.

Noun

postnominal n (plural postnominale)

1. a word derived from a noun or an adjective
2. postnominal

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	postnominal	postnominalul		postnominale	postnominalele
genitive-dative	postnominal	postnominalului		postnominale	postnominalelor
vocative	postnominalule			postnominalelor

Spanish

Adjective

postnominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural postnominales)

1. postnominal

Further reading

• “postnominal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025