poste

See also: Poste and posté

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish poste.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

poste

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

poste

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of posten

Anagrams

• poets, spote, stoep

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Esperanto

Etymology

post +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈposte]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oste
• Hyphenation: pos‧te

Adverb

poste

1. afterwards
   • 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio, Project Gutenberg transcription

     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.

Coordinate terms

• unue

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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
2. (uncountable) mail, postal service/system

Synonyms

• bureau de poste
• courrier
• 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 d'écoute
• poste de quartier
• poste d'essence
• poste de travail

 

Descendants

All are borrowed.

• 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 poster.

Verb

poste

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

Anagrams

• optes, optés, potes

Further reading

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

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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
   • 1420, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), 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

   Synonyms: esteo, rodriga

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.

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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

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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

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Latin

Noun

poste

1. ablative singular of postis

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Middle English

Noun

poste

1. Alternative form of pouste

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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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈpɔs.t͡ʃi/, [ˈpɔs.t͡ʃi]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈpɔs.t͡ʃi/, [ˈpɔs.t͡ʃi]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ˈpɔʃ.t͡ʃi/, [ˈpɔʃ.t͡ʃi]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈpɔʃ.tɨ/, [ˈpɔʃ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: pos‧te

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

Verb

poste

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of postar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of postar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of postar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of postar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈposte/, [ˈpos.t̪e]
• Hyphenation: 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

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish poste.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

poste

poste ng koryente

1. post; column

   Synonyms: haligi, kolumna

2. pole, esp. a utility pole or a lamppost

   poste ng koryente

   power/electricity pole

   poste ng ilaw

   lamppost/lighting pole

   Synonyms: pilar, tukod

3. police or military post; guard post
4. (slang) tall, thin person
5. (basketball slang) guard

   Synonyms: bantay, guwardiya

Derived terms

• nagbibilang ng poste
• postehan
• pumoste

 

Further reading

• “poste” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN