poste

See also: Poste, posté, pöste, postë, and pøste

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish poste.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

poste

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

poste

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of posten

Anagrams

• poets, spote, stoep

Esperanto

Etymology

From post (“after”) +‎ -e (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈposte/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oste
• Hyphenation: pos‧te

Adverb

poste

2. (temporal) afterwards, later

   Antonym: antaŭe

   Coordinate term: unue

   • 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio‎:

     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.

   • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎, archived from the original on 23 December 2025:

     En Parizo ŝi studis Sanskriton kaj la tibetan lingvon, kaj poste en Bruselo ŝi studis muzikon kaj kantadon.

     In Paris, she studied Sanskrit and the Tibetan language, and afterwards in Brussels, she studied music and singing.

Further reading

• “poste”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “poste”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
• Wells, John C. (1992), “post, after, afterwards, anon, behind, next, then”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎, →ISBN, pages 130, 169, 174, 187, 315, 393
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “behind, beyond, later, next, rear, then, there”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎, →ISBN, pages 65, 69, 292, 346, 421, 531
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “post”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎, →OL, page 326

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔst/

• Audio (France (Paris)); “la poste”:

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian posta, from posto.

Noun

poste f (plural postes)

1. post office

   Synonym: bureau de poste

2. (uncountable) mail, postal service/system

   Synonym: courrier

Derived terms

• passer comme une lettre à la poste

Descendants

• → Persian: پست (post)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian posto.

Noun

poste m (plural postes)

1. job, post
2. position (in a sport, or an observation post)
3. (slang) ellipsis of poste de police (“police station, nick”)
4. a receiver, an electronic device
   1. (colloquial) ellipsis of poste de radio (“radio”)
   2. (colloquial) ellipsis of poste de télévision (“TV, TV set”)
5. (telephone) extension
6. stretch, stint (at work)

Derived terms

• fidèle au poste
• poste de commandement
• poste de contrôle
• poste de quartier
• poste de travail
• poste d’écoute
• poste d’essence

Descendants

• → 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 the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

poste

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• optes, optés, potes

Galician

Etymology

First attested in 1420. From Latin postis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔste/ [ˈpɔs̺.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɔste
• Hyphenation: pos‧te

Noun

poste m (plural postes)

1. pole; post
2. prop

   Synonyms: esteo, rodriga

   • 1420, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, 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

3. column

   Synonyms: esteal, columna

4. stake

   Synonym: estaca

References

• “poste”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “poste”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “poste”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “poste”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “poste”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “poste”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

poste

1. inflection of posten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative
2. inflection of posen:
   1. first/third-person singular preterite
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive II