postscript

See also: post script

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊst.skɹɪpt/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

postscript (plural postscripts)

(countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author's signature.
(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

Derived terms

post-postscript

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)
Hindi: पुनश्च (hi) (punaśc), पश्चलेख (paścalekh)
Hungarian: utóirat (hu), Ui., P. S.
Malay: catatan tambahan, pascatulisan, poskrip
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
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)

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