postposition

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊstpəˈzɪʃən/
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• General-American: /ˌpoʊstpəˈzɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -ɪʃən
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English position English postposition From post- + position.

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Southern Altai: уланты (ulantï) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Armenian: կապ (kap) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Azerbaijani: qoşma — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Bashkir: бәйләүес (bəyləwes) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Basque: postposizio — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Belarusian: паслялог (pasljalóh) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Catalan: posposició — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Chinese Mandarin: 後置詞 /后置词 (hòuzhìcí) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Dutch: achterzetsel — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Dutch: achtergeplaatst voorzetsel — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Esperanto: postpozicio — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Estonian: tagasõna — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Faroese: eftirseting — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Finnish: postpositio — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Georgian: პოსტპოზიცია (ṗosṭṗozicia) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Georgian: უკუდებული (uḳudebuli) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• German: Nachsetzwort — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• German: nachgestellte Präposition — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• German: Postposition — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• German: nachgestelltes Verhältniswort — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Ancient Greek: ὑπόταξις (hupótaxis) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Hungarian: névutó — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Icelandic: eftirsetning — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Ido: postpoziciono — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Ingrian: postpositsia — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Ingrian: jälkisana — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Irish: iarfhocal — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Japanese: 後置詞 (kōchishi) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Kashmiri: پۆت جٲے (pot jạ̄y) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Kazakh: септеулік (septeulık) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Korean: 조사 (josa) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Limburgish: achterzètsel — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Polish: poimek — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Portuguese: posposição — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Romanian: postpoziție — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Russian: послело́г (poslelóg) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Spanish: posposición — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Spanish: postposición — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Thai: ปัจฉบท (bpàt-chà-bòt) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Thai: ปัจฉิมบท (bpàt-chǐm-má-bòt) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Turkish: sontakı — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Udmurt: нимбер (ńimber) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Udmurt: послелог (posľelog) — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Vietnamese: hậu giới từ — (grammar) words that come after the noun
• Polish: postpozycja — position of a word
• Spanish: posposición — position of a word
• Spanish: postposición — position of a word