postface
French, noun
postface is spelled P-O-S-T-F-A-C-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postface is a French feminine noun meaning “postface, postscript at the end of a book” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, postfacé is a different word: “Having an epilogue or afterword”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conclusion ou avertissement placé à la fin d’un livre”.
What does postface mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepostface, postscript at the end of a book
adjective
- 1
Having an epilogue or afterword
verb
- 1
past participle of postfacer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conclusion ou avertissement placé à la fin d’un livre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of postface
- postfaces plural
- postfacée feminine
- postfacés masculine plural
- postfacées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to postface
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is postface in French?
postface appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).