postscriptum

See also: post scriptum

English

Alternative forms

• post scriptum; postscript
• PS, P.S., p.s., ps.

Etymology

From Latin postscriptum, from post (“after, behind”) +‎ scrīptum (“text, something written”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpəʊstˈskɹɪptəm/

Noun

postscriptum (plural postscripta)

1. (rare) A thing that has been written afterwards; something appended in writing.
   • 1827, M. Corbett, The odd volume, containing a letter purporting to be from King James VI of Scotland to Sandie Fotheringhame, Laird o'Powrie, signed: James, R.

     Postscriptum. — Scotland for ever! The Dane’s beneath the table, and Rab’s on the tap o’t, blawing like the deevil.

   • 1900, Honoré de Balzac, Anatole Cerfberr, La Comédie Humaine: Now for the First Time Completely Translated Into English

     This confidence so daintily tossed to the baron, in the fashion of a postscriptum, was evidently the compensation for five thousand francs.

   • 2004, L. G. Aslamazov, A. A. Varlamov, The Wonders Of Physics

     Postscriptum for taxpayers: After having started with the high-temperature thriller we turned to applications of conventional superconductors.

Usage notes

• Used to indicate a footnote at the end of a letter. Generally abbreviated PS or similar (ps, p.s., etc).
• Addenda following an initial post script are often abbreviated PPS or similar (p.p.s, P.P.S, etc), indicating "post post scriptum".

Translations

something written afterward

• Armenian: Հ.Գ. (H.G.)
• Belarusian: постскрыптум n (póstskryptum)
• Czech: postskriptum n
• Dutch: postscriptum (nl) n, P.S.; nota bene, NB (nl)
• Finnish: jälkikirjoitus (fi)
• French: post-scriptum (fr)
• German: Postskriptum n
• Greek: υστερόγραφο (el) (ysterógrafo) or Υ.Γ. (el) (Y.G.)
• Hungarian: utóirat (hu)
• Icelandic: eftirmáli (is) m, eftirskrift f or e.s., p.s. (is), n.b.
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• Italian: poscritto m
• Japanese: 追伸 (ja) (tsuishin)
• Latin: post scriptum
• Polish: post scriptum (pl) n, postscriptum n
• Portuguese: pós-escrito (pt) m, postscriptum (pt) m
• Russian: постскри́птум (ru) m (postskríptum)
• Spanish: posdata (es) f or P. D.
• Tagalog: habol
• Ukrainian: постскри́птум n (postskrýptum)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin postscriptum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɔstˈskrɪp.tʏm/

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Noun

postscriptum n (plural postscriptums or postscripta, diminutive postscriptumpje n)

1. post scriptum

Usage notes

Usually abbreviated as P.S..

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin post scriptum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔst.skʁip.tɔm/, /pos.kʁip.tɔm/
• Homophones: postscriptums, post-scriptum, post-scriptums, post scriptum

Noun

postscriptum m (plural postscriptums)

1. Alternative form of post-scriptum

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin post scriptum.

Noun

postscriptum m (uncountable)

1. postscript, post scriptum

   Synonym: poscritto

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) postscrīptum

1. accusative supine of postscrībō