postiller

English

Alternative forms

• postiler

Etymology

From postil +‎ -er.

Noun

postiller (plural postillers)

1. (archaic) A writer of notes in the margin of a book.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     It hath been averred by many holy writers, commonly delivered by postillers and commentators

2. (archaic) A preacher.

Anagrams

• pellistor, Petrillos, Portellis

French

Etymology

From postill(on) +‎ -er. Compare French postillonner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔs.ti.je/

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Verb

postiller

1. synonym of postillonner

Conjugation

Conjugation of postiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	postiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	postillant /pɔs.ti.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		postillé /pɔs.ti.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	postille /pɔs.tij/	postilles /pɔs.tij/	postille /pɔs.tij/	postillons /pɔs.ti.jɔ̃/	postillez /pɔs.ti.je/	postillent /pɔs.tij/
	imperfect	postillais /pɔs.ti.jɛ/	postillais /pɔs.ti.jɛ/	postillait /pɔs.ti.jɛ/	postillions /pɔs.tij.jɔ̃/	postilliez /pɔs.tij.je/	postillaient /pɔs.ti.jɛ/
	past historic2	postillai /pɔs.ti.je/	postillas /pɔs.ti.ja/	postilla /pɔs.ti.ja/	postillâmes /pɔs.ti.jam/	postillâtes /pɔs.ti.jat/	postillèrent /pɔs.ti.jɛʁ/
	future	postillerai /pɔs.tij.ʁe/	postilleras /pɔs.tij.ʁa/	postillera /pɔs.tij.ʁa/	postillerons /pɔs.tij.ʁɔ̃/	postillerez /pɔs.tij.ʁe/	postilleront /pɔs.tij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	postillerais /pɔs.tij.ʁɛ/	postillerais /pɔs.tij.ʁɛ/	postillerait /pɔs.tij.ʁɛ/	postillerions /pɔs.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	postilleriez /pɔs.ti.jə.ʁje/	postilleraient /pɔs.tij.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	postille /pɔs.tij/	postilles /pɔs.tij/	postille /pɔs.tij/	postillions /pɔs.tij.jɔ̃/	postilliez /pɔs.tij.je/	postillent /pɔs.tij/
	imperfect2	postillasse /pɔs.ti.jas/	postillasses /pɔs.ti.jas/	postillât /pɔs.ti.ja/	postillassions /pɔs.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/	postillassiez /pɔs.ti.ja.sje/	postillassent /pɔs.ti.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	postille /pɔs.tij/	—	postillons /pɔs.ti.jɔ̃/	postillez /pɔs.ti.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).