postposition

English

Etymology

post- +‎ position

Noun

postposition (plural postpositions)

(grammar) A word that has the same purpose as a preposition but comes after the noun.
The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.
- Mede
  the postposition of the nominative case to the verb

Synonyms

postpositive preposition

Antonyms

preposition

Hypernyms

adposition

Derived terms

postpositional

Related terms

Translations

(grammar) words that come after the noun

Armenian: կապ (hy) (kap)
Bashkir: бәйләүес (bäyläwes)
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 後置詞 (zh), 后置词 (zh) (hòuzhìcí)
Dutch: achterzetsel (nl) n, achtergeplaatst voorzetsel n
Estonian: tagasõna
Faroese: eftirseting f
Finnish: postpositio (fi)
French: postposition (fr) f
Georgian: პოსტპოზიცია (ṗosṭṗozicia)
German: Nachsetzwort, nachgestellte Präposition f, Postposition (de) f, nachgestelltes Verhältniswort n, Postposition (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ὑπόταξις f (hupótaxis)
Hungarian: névutó (hu)
Icelandic: eftirsetning f
Ido: postpoziciono (io)

Irish: iarfhocal m
Japanese: 後置詞 (こうちし, kōchishi)
Kazakh: септеулік (septewlik)
Korean: 조사 (ko) (josa)
Limburgish: achterzètsel (li) n
Portuguese: posposição (pt) f
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: послело́г (ru) m (poslelóg)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Southern Altai: уланты (ulantı)
Spanish: posposición f
Swedish: postposition (sv) c
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ปัจฉิมบท (th) (bpàt-chǐm-má-bòt)
Turkish: sontakı
Udmurt: нимбер (nimber)

See also

Finnish

Noun

postposition

Genitive singular form of postpositio.

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔst.po.zi.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)

Noun

postposition f (plural postpositions)

(grammar) postposition.

Further reading

“postposition” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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