postulate

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Etymology tree Latin poscō? Latin postulō Latin postulātusnom. Latin postulātumbor. English postulate Borrowed from Latin postulātum, a neuter nominalization of postulātus, perfect passive participle of postulō, possibly from poscō. See -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more. Cognate with French postulat.

From Latin postulātus, perfect passive participle of postulō (“to request”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Cognate with French postuler.

From Latin postulātus, perfect passive participle of postulō (“to request”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُسَلَّم (musallam) — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Belarusian: пастула́т (pastulát) — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Bulgarian: постула́т (postulát) — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Catalan: postulat — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Chinese Mandarin: 公設 /公设 (gōngshè) — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Czech: postulát — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Danish: postulat — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Danish: påstand — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• French: postulat — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• German: Postulat — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Greek: αξίωμα (axíoma) — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Irish: foshuíomh — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Italian: postulato — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Japanese: 公準 (kōjun) — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Korean: 공준 (gongjun) — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Norwegian Bokmål: postulat — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Portuguese: postulado — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Russian: постула́т (postulát) — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Serbo-Croatian: посту̀ла̄т — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Serbo-Croatian: postùlāt — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Spanish: postulado — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Tagalog: batayang palagay — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Ukrainian: постула́т (postulát) — something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted
• Belarusian: пастула́т (pastulát) — fundamental element; basic principle
• Bulgarian: постула́т (postulát) — fundamental element; basic principle
• Catalan: postulat — fundamental element; basic principle
• French: postulat — fundamental element; basic principle
• German: Postulat — fundamental element; basic principle
• Italian: postulato — fundamental element; basic principle
• Norwegian Bokmål: postulat — fundamental element; basic principle
• Portuguese: postulado — fundamental element; basic principle
• Russian: постула́т (postulát) — fundamental element; basic principle
• Serbo-Croatian: посту̀ла̄т — fundamental element; basic principle
• Serbo-Croatian: postùlāt — fundamental element; basic principle
• Spanish: postulado — fundamental element; basic principle
• Ukrainian: постула́т (postulát) — fundamental element; basic principle
• Belarusian: пастула́т (pastulát) — logic: an axiom
• Catalan: postulat — logic: an axiom
• Dutch: postulaat — logic: an axiom
• Esperanto: postulato — logic: an axiom
• Finnish: oletus — logic: an axiom
• French: postulat — logic: an axiom
• German: Postulat — logic: an axiom
• German: Axiom — logic: an axiom
• Greek: αξίωμα (axíoma) — logic: an axiom
• Italian: postulato — logic: an axiom
• Portuguese: postulado — logic: an axiom
• Portuguese: axioma — logic: an axiom
• Russian: постула́т (postulát) — logic: an axiom
• Serbo-Croatian: посту̀ла̄т — logic: an axiom
• Serbo-Croatian: postùlāt — logic: an axiom
• Swedish: postulat — logic: an axiom
• Swedish: axiom — logic: an axiom
• Ukrainian: постула́т (postulát) — logic: an axiom
• Bulgarian: предпоста́вка (predpostávka) — requirement, prerequisite
• German: Voraussetzung — requirement, prerequisite
• Greek: προϋπόθεση (proÿpóthesi) — requirement, prerequisite
• Russian: постула́т (postulát) — requirement, prerequisite
• Serbo-Croatian: посту̀ла̄т — requirement, prerequisite
• Serbo-Croatian: postùlāt — requirement, prerequisite
• Swedish: förutsättning — requirement, prerequisite
• Bulgarian: приемам (priemam) — to assume as a premise
• Bulgarian: предполагам (predpolagam) — to assume as a premise
• Finnish: postuloida — to assume as a premise
• French: postuler — to assume as a premise
• German: postulieren — to assume as a premise
• Greek: αποφαίνομαι (apofaínomai) — to assume as a premise
• Italian: postulare — to assume as a premise
• Italian: presupporre — to assume as a premise
• Italian: esprimere — to assume as a premise
• Norwegian: postulere — to assume as a premise
• Norwegian: forutsette — to assume as a premise
• Portuguese: postular — to assume as a premise
• Spanish: postular — to assume as a premise
• Swedish: postulera — to assume as a premise
• French: postuler — to appoint to an ecclesiastic position
• Italian: postulare — to appoint to an ecclesiastic position
• Bulgarian: изисквам (iziskvam) — to demand or claim
• French: postuler — to demand or claim
• Greek: αξιώνω (axióno) — to demand or claim
• Greek: απαιτώ (apaitó) — to demand or claim
• Latin: postulō — to demand or claim
• Portuguese: postular — to demand or claim