postscriptum

== English == === Alternative forms === post scriptum; postscript PS, P.S., p.s., ps. === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin postscriptum, from From post (“after, behind”) +‎ scrīptum (“text, something written”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpəʊstˈskɹɪptəm/ === Noun === postscriptum (plural postscripta or postscriptums) (rare) A thing that has been written afterwards; something appended in writing. 1827, M. Corbett, The odd volume, containing a letter purporting to be from King James VI of Scotland to Sandie Fotheringhame, Laird o'Powrie, signed: James, R. Postscriptum. — Scotland for ever! The Dane’s beneath the table, and Rab’s on the tap o’t, blawing like the deevil. ==== Usage notes ==== Used to indicate a footnote at the end of a letter. Generally abbreviated PS or similar (ps, p.s., etc.). Addenda following an initial post script are often abbreviated PPS or similar (p.p.s., P.P.S., etc.), indicating post post scriptum. ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin postscriptum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌpɔstˈskrɪp.tʏm/ === Noun === postscriptum n (plural postscriptums or postscripta, diminutive postscriptumpje n) post scriptum ==== Usage notes ==== Usually abbreviated as P.S. == French == === Etymology === From Latin post scriptum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔst.skʁip.tɔm/, /pos.kʁip.tɔm/ Homophones: postscriptums, post-scriptum, post-scriptums, post scriptum === Noun === postscriptum m (plural postscriptum or postscriptums) alternative form of post-scriptum == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin post scriptum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /postˈskrip.tum/ Rhymes: -iptum Hyphenation: post‧scrìp‧tum === Noun === postscriptum m (invariable) postscript, post scriptum Synonym: poscritto == Latin == === Verb === postscrīptum accusative supine of postscrībō == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin postscrīptum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔstˈskrip.tum/ Rhymes: -iptum Syllabification: post‧scrip‧tum === Noun === postscriptum n (abbreviation PS) (library science, literary) postscriptum (annotation at the end of a letter or article used to inform the reader of something loosely related or unrelated to the subject of the letter or article) (library science, literary) postscriptum (series of additional pieces of information given at the end of a programme, speech, or book, or in the form of a separate text, to clarify, supplement, or summarize an earlier message) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “postscriptum”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “postscriptum”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)