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A thing that has been written afterwards; something appended in writing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Examples
- 1827, M. Corbett, The odd volume, containing a letter purporting to be from King James VI of Scotland to Sandie Fotheringhame, Laird o'Powrie, signed: James, R. Postscriptum. — Scotland for ever! The Dane’s beneath the table, and Rab’s on the tap o’t, blawing like the deevil.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Learned borrowing from Latin postscriptum, from From post (“after, behind”) + scrīptum (“text, something written”).
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
հետգրություն
(hetgrutʻyun)
— something written afterward
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Armenian:
Հ.Գ.
(H.G.)
— something written afterward
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Belarusian:
постскрыптум
(póstskryptum)
— something written afterward
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Catalan:
postdata
— something written afterward
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Czech:
postskriptum
— something written afterward
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Dutch:
postscriptum
— something written afterward
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Dutch:
P.S.
— something written afterward
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Dutch:
nota bene
— something written afterward
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Dutch:
NB
— something written afterward
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Finnish:
jälkikirjoitus
— something written afterward
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French:
post-scriptum
— something written afterward
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Georgian:
პოსტსკრიპტუმი
(ṗosṭsḳriṗṭumi)
— something written afterward
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German:
Postskriptum
— something written afterward
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Greek:
υστερόγραφο or Υ.Γ.
(ysterógrafo)
— something written afterward
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Hungarian:
utóirat
— something written afterward
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Icelandic:
eftirmáli
— something written afterward
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Icelandic:
eftirskrift f or e.s.
— something written afterward
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Icelandic:
p.s.
— something written afterward
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Icelandic:
n.b.
— something written afterward
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Italian:
poscritto
— something written afterward
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Japanese:
追伸
(tsuishin)
— something written afterward
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Latin:
post scriptum
— something written afterward
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Malay:
catatan tambahan
— something written afterward
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Malay:
pascatulisan
— something written afterward
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Malay:
poskrip
— something written afterward
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Polish:
postscriptum
— something written afterward
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Portuguese:
pós-escrito
— something written afterward
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Portuguese:
postscriptum
— something written afterward
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Russian:
постскри́птум
(postskríptum)
— something written afterward
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Spanish:
posdata
— something written afterward
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Spanish:
postdata
— something written afterward
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Spanish:
post scríptum
— something written afterward
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Spanish:
post scriptum
— something written afterward
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Tagalog:
habol
— something written afterward
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Ukrainian:
постскри́птум
(postskrýptum)
— something written afterward
