posta

See also: pošta, pósta, pòsta, pösta, and poștă

Catalan

Noun

posta f (plural postes)

post (an assigned station)
setting
posta de sol ― sunset
laying (the act of laying an egg)

Derived terms

a posta

Esperanto

Adjective

posta (accusative singular postan, plural postaj, accusative plural postajn)

later, posterior

French

Verb

posta

third-person singular past historic of poster

Anagrams

optas, posât

Galician

Unha posta de bacallao [a serving of codfish

]

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese posta (“slice, piece”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin positus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.tɐ]

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

serving, slice, cut
Synonym: toro
fishery
setting
laying (the act of laying an egg)

Related terms

poñer
por

References

“posta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“posta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“posta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“posta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“posta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin positus.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpoʃtɒ]
Hyphenation: pos‧ta
Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

posta (plural posták)

mail, post
post office

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	posta	posták
accusative	postát	postákat
dative	postának	postáknak
instrumental	postával	postákkal
causal-final	postáért	postákért
translative	postává	postákká
terminative	postáig	postákig
essive-formal	postaként	postákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	postában	postákban
superessive	postán	postákon
adessive	postánál	postáknál
illative	postába	postákba
sublative	postára	postákra
allative	postához	postákhoz
elative	postából	postákból
delative	postáról	postákról
ablative	postától	postáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	postáé	postáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	postáéi	postákéi

Possessive forms of posta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	postám	postáim
2nd person sing.	postád	postáid
3rd person sing.	postája	postái
1st person plural	postánk	postáink
2nd person plural	postátok	postáitok
3rd person plural	postájuk	postáik

Derived terms

postai
postás
postáz

Compound words

főposta
hangposta
légiposta
postabélyeg
postafiók
postahivatal
postakocsi
postaláda

References

posta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

Interlingua

Noun

posta

mail (that arrives in the mailbox)

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpˠɔsˠt̪ˠə]

Noun

posta m (genitive singular posta, nominative plural postaí)

Cois Fharraige form of post
vocative plural of post

Declension

Declension of posta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	posta	postaí
Vocative	a phosta	a phostaí
Genitive	posta	postaí
Dative	posta	postaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an posta	na postaí
Genitive	an phosta	na bpostaí
Dative	leis an bposta don phosta	leis na postaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
posta	phosta	bposta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin posita, feminine singular of positus, past participle of pōnō (“to put”). Originally, "post for horses or for mooring ships", then "stopping place for coaches on a journey, way station".[1] Doublet of posta (feminine past participle of porre).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/[2]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔsta
Hyphenation: pò‧sta

Noun

posta f (plural poste)

mail, post
post office
Synonym: ufficio postale
(games) stakes

Derived terms

a bella posta
fare la posta
fermoposta
impostare
postacelere
postagiro
posta in gioco
postale
postino

Descendants

→ Cimbrian: post
→ Cornish: post
→ Czech: pošta
→ Middle French: poste
- French: poste
  - → Breton: post
  - → Georgian: ფოსტა (posṭa)
  - → Persian: پست‎ (post)
- Norman: poste
- → Dutch: post
  - Afrikaans: pos
  - → Caribbean Javanese: pos
  - → Indonesian: pos
    - → Petjo: pos
  - → Papiamentu: pòst
- → English: post (see there for further descendants)
→ German: Post
→ Hungarian: posta
→ Luxembourgish: Post
→ Macedonian: пошта (pošta)
→ Mòcheno: post
→ Norwegian: post
→ Polish: poczta
- → Belarusian: по́шта (póšta)
- → Russian: по́чта (póčta)
  - → Abkhaz: аԥошьҭа (apošta)
  - → Azerbaijani: poçt
  - → Armenian: փոշտ (pʿošt)
  - → Ingush: пошт (pošt)
  - → Kazakh: пошта (poşta)
  - → Kildin Sami: пошта (pošta)
  - → Kyrgyz: почта (poçta)
  - → Romanian: poștă
  - → Turkmen: poçta
  - → Uyghur: پوچتا‎ (pochta)
  - → Uzbek: pochta
  - → Yakut: буоста (buosta)
  - → Yakut: почта (poçta)
- → Ukrainian: по́шта (póšta)
- → Lithuanian: paštas
→ Scottish Gaelic: posta, post
→ Slovak: pošta
→ Swedish: post
→ Ottoman Turkish: پوسته‎ (posta)
- Turkish: posta
→ Vilamovian: pöst
→ West Frisian: post

Etymology 2

From the feminine singular of posto, past participle of porre (“to put, to lay”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/, (traditional) /ˈpo.sta/[2]
Rhymes: -ɔsta, (traditional) -osta
Hyphenation: pò‧sta, (traditional) pó‧sta

Noun

posta f (plural poste)

(archaic or colloquial, Tuscan) act of laying or putting, esp. of eggs
(archaic) act of giving a name, christening
(archaic) footprint, track

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpo.sta/, /ˈpɔ.sta/[2]
Rhymes: -osta, -ɔsta
Hyphenation: pó‧sta, pò‧sta

Participle

posta

feminine singular of posto

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/, /ˈpo.sta/[3]
Rhymes: -ɔsta, -osta
Hyphenation: pò‧sta, pó‧sta

Verb

posta

inflection of postare (“to post (an email, etc.; Internet)”):
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/
Rhymes: -ɔsta
Hyphenation: pò‧sta

Verb

posta

inflection of postare (“to post (sentries, etc.; military)”):
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

References

posta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
posta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
post in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Tapso, pasto, patos, spato

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/
Rhymes: -ɔsta
Syllabification: pos‧ta

Noun

posta m anim

genitive/accusative singular of post

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/

Participle

posta f sg

feminine singular of posto

Etymology 2

Nominalization of the feminine past participle.

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

slice or chop of fish or other meat
profitable job

Derived terms

arrotar postas de pescada
fazer em postas

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian posta.

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

mail, postal service
(dated) station of horses on the road that served as an inn or restaurant for travalers

Etymology 4

Variation of bosta.

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

(dialectal) Alternative form of bosta (“shit”)

Romanian

Etymology

From French poster.

Verb

a posta (third-person singular present postează, past participle postat) 1st conj.

to post
to settle

Conjugation

conjugation of posta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a posta
gerund			postând
past participle			postat
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	postez	postezi	postează	postăm	postați	postează
	imperfect	postam	postai	posta	postam	postați	postau
	simple perfect	postai	postași	postă	postarăm	postarăți	postară
	pluperfect	postasem	postaseși	postase	postaserăm	postaserăți	postaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
subjunctive	present	să postez	să postezi	să posteze	să postăm	să postați	să posteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		postează			postați
	negative		nu posta			nu postați

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

post

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

posta m (genitive singular posta, plural postachan or postaichean)

postman, mailman, letter carrier

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
posta	phosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Edward Dwelly (1911), “posta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Sidamo

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ፖስታ (posta), borrowed from Italian posta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfosta/
Hyphenation: pos‧ta

Noun

posta m

post

References

Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “posta”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Spanish

Interjection

posta

really, truth

Noun

posta f (plural postas)

slug (a bullet)
This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

a posta

Noun

posta m or f (plural postas)

courier

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

posta (n class, plural posta)

post office

Swedish

Etymology

post +‎ -a

Verb

posta (present postar, preterite postade, supine postat, imperative posta)

to post, to mail, to send a mail; to put a letter in the letterbox

Conjugation

Conjugation of posta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	posta		postas
Supine	postat		postats
Imperative	posta		—
Imper. plural¹	posten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	postar	postade	postas	postades
Ind. plural¹	posta	postade	postas	postades
Subjunctive²	poste	postade	postes	postades
	Participles
Present participle	postande
Past participle	postad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

posta ett brev
postning

Anagrams

sopat, topas

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English poster.

Noun

posta

poster

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پوسته‎ (posta, “mail”), Italian posta (“mail”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /posˈtɑ/

Noun

posta (definite accusative postayı, plural postalar)

mail, post

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

posta

Definite accusative

postayı

Singular

Plural

Nominative

posta

postalar

Definite accusative

postayı

postaları

Dative

postaya

postalara

Locative

postada

postalarda

Ablative

postadan

postalardan

Genitive

postanın

postaların

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	postam	postalarım
2nd singular	postan	postaların
3rd singular	postası	postaları
1st plural	postamız	postalarımız
2nd plural	postanız	postalarınız
3rd plural	postaları	postaları
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	postamı	postalarımı
2nd singular	postanı	postalarını
3rd singular	postasını	postalarını
1st plural	postamızı	postalarımızı
2nd plural	postanızı	postalarınızı
3rd plural	postalarını	postalarını
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	postama	postalarıma
2nd singular	postana	postalarına
3rd singular	postasına	postalarına
1st plural	postamıza	postalarımıza
2nd plural	postanıza	postalarınıza
3rd plural	postalarına	postalarına
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	postamda	postalarımda
2nd singular	postanda	postalarında
3rd singular	postasında	postalarında
1st plural	postamızda	postalarımızda
2nd plural	postanızda	postalarınızda
3rd plural	postalarında	postalarında
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	postamdan	postalarımdan
2nd singular	postandan	postalarından
3rd singular	postasından	postalarından
1st plural	postamızdan	postalarımızdan
2nd plural	postanızdan	postalarınızdan
3rd plural	postalarından	postalarından
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	postamın	postalarımın
2nd singular	postanın	postalarının
3rd singular	postasının	postalarının
1st plural	postamızın	postalarımızın
2nd plural	postanızın	postalarınızın
3rd plural	postalarının	postalarının

Derived terms

e-posta
postalamak

Related terms

postane

[1] posta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

[2] sta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

[dipi-3] sta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

[4] st in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

posta

Catalan

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Esperanto

Adjective

French

Verb

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

References

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Mutation

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Pronunciation

Participle

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Verb

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Verb

References

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Participle

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Noun

Romanian

Etymology

Verb

Conjugation

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Mutation

References

Sidamo

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Spanish

Interjection