postscript

See also: post script

English

Alternative forms

post script
postscriptum (post scriptum)
PS (P.S., p.s., etc.)

Etymology

From New Latin postscriptum, from Latin, neuter of postscriptus, past participle of postscribo (“write after”), from post (“after”) + scribo (“write”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊst.skɹɪpt/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

postscript (plural postscripts)

(countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author's signature.
(countable) An addition to a story, play, etc. after its completion.

Usage notes

To indicate the beginning of a postscript to a letter, one often uses the abbreviation PS (or P.S., p.s., etc) followed by a colon or comma.

Synonyms

(addendum to a letter): afterscript, afterword

Translations

addendum to a letter

Catalan: Postdata
Dutch: postscriptum (nl) n, nota bene
Finnish: jälkikirjoitus (fi)
French: post-scriptum (fr)
German: Postskriptum n
Greek: υστερόγραφο (el) n (ysterógrafo)
Hungarian: utóirat (hu), Ui., P. S.
Maori: kupu āpiti
Norwegian Bokmål: etterskrift m or f, postskriptum n
Norwegian Nynorsk: etterskrift f, postskriptum n
Polish: dopisek m, post scriptum (pl) n

Portuguese: pós-escrito (pt) m
Romanian: postscriptum n
Russian: постскри́птум (ru) m (postskríptum)
Scottish Gaelic: eàrr-sgrìobhadh m
Slovene: pripis m
Spanish: posdata (es)
Swedish: postskriptum (sv) n, efterskrift c
Tagalog: tighabol
Ukrainian: постскриптум m (postskríptum)
Vietnamese: tái bút (vi)
Volapük: pospenäd (vo)

Verb

postscript (third-person singular simple present postscripts, present participle postscripting, simple past and past participle postscripted)

To extend (a letter or another document) with additional remarks.