postposition
French, noun/pɔst.po.zi.sjɔ̃/
postposition is spelled P-O-S-T-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postposition is a French feminine noun meaning “postposition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Placement d’un mot après un autre auquel il se rapporte grammaticalement”.
What does postposition mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepostposition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Placement d’un mot après un autre auquel il se rapporte grammaticalement. 2. Adposition postposée. Mot-outil qui se place immédiatement après un syntagme et qui indique la relation syntaxique ou sémantique de ce syntagme dans la phrase.
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 postposition
- postpositions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce postposition?
- /pɔst.po.zi.sjɔ̃/
- \pɔst.po.zi.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is postposition in French?
postposition appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).