post-it

See also: postit and Post-it

English

Etymology

From the 3M trademark Post-it.

Noun

post-it (plural post-its)

1. A post-it note.
   • 2006, Tony Ghaye, Developing the reflective healthcare team, page 220:

     In your group, collect all the yellow and grey post-its together. Then pass them on to another group.

   • 2000, Ruth Merttens, David Kirkby, Abacus: Activity book: Volume 5:

     They all agree the number and write it on a post-it. They arrange the same cards to make the smallest possible number. When everyone has agreed, they write this number on the same post-it.

   • 2010, Erik Roscam Abbing, Brand-driven Innovation, page 83:

     Write the brand on post-its and add them onto the flip chart.

Translations

post-it note — see post-it note

Anagrams

• pitots

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English post-it. Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔs.tit/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Homophone: posthite

Noun

post-it m (plural post-it or post-its)

1. post-it note, post-it

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English post-it, a trademark genericization, from the brand name post-it.

Noun

post-it m

1. post-it

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English post-it, a trademark genericization, from the brand name post-it.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /posˈt͡ʃit͡ʃ/, /posˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /posˈt͡ʃit͡ʃ/, /posˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʃˈt͡ʃit͡ʃ/, /poʃˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /posˈt͡ʃit͡ʃ/

Noun

post-it m (plural post-its)

1. post-it

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpostit/ [ˈpos.t̪it̪]
• Rhymes: -ostit
• Syllabification: post-it

Noun

post-it m (plural post-its)

1. alternative form of pósit

Further reading

• “post-it”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024