postposition
English
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.
- 1643, Joseph Mede, Daniel's Weeks:
- the postposition of the nominative case to the verb
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Synonyms
- postpositive preposition
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Translations
(grammar) words that come after the noun
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Finnish
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔst.po.zi.sjɔ̃/
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Further reading
- “postposition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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