English

Alternative forms

• post scriptum; postscript
• PS (which see for a list of its alternative forms)

Noun

postscriptum ‎(plural postscripta)

1. (rare) (A thing which has been) written afterwards, appended.
   • 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.

   • 1900, Honoré de Balzac, Anatole Cerfberr, La Comédie Humaine: Now for the First Time Completely Translated Into English

     This confidence so daintily tossed to the baron, in the fashion of a postscriptum, was evidently the compensation for five thousand francs.

   • 2004, L. G. Aslamazov, A. A. Varlamov, The Wonders Of Physics

     Postscriptum for taxpayers: After having started with the high-temperature thriller we turned to applications of conventional superconductors.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɔstˈskrɪp.tʏm/

Etymology

From Latin postscriptum.

Noun

postscriptum n ‎(plural postscriptums or postscripta, diminutive postscriptumpje n)

1. post scriptum

Usage notes

Usually abbreviated as P.S..

French

Etymology

From Latin post scriptum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔs.skʁip.tɔm/
• Homophones: postscriptums, post-scriptum, post-scriptums, post scriptum

Noun

postscriptum m ‎(plural postscriptums)

1. Alternative form of post-scriptum

Italian

Noun

postscriptum m ‎(invariable)

1. postscript, post scriptum

Synonyms

• poscritto

Latin

Verb

postscrīptum

1. accusative supine of postscrībō