postposition

n.

1. The placing of a word or suffixed element after the word to which it is grammatically related.
2. A word or element placed postpositionally, as a preposition placed after its object. For example, in the phrase these facts notwithstanding, notwithstanding is a postposition.

postpositional post'po·si'tion·al adj.
postpositionally post'po·si'tion·al·ly adv.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - efterstilling

Nederlands (Dutch)
achteruitzetting

Français (French)
n. - postposition

Deutsch (German)
n. - nachgestelltes (Verhältnis)wort, Nachstellung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τοποθέτηση προσδιοριστικού μέρους του λόγου μετά από τη λέξη που προσδιορίζει

Italiano (Italian)
posposizione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ênclise

Русский (Russian)
постпозиция

Español (Spanish)
n. - posposición

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tillbakasättande, placering efter, efterställning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
后置, 后置词

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 後置, 後置詞

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 뒤에 두기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 後置, 後置詞

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تاخير, لفظه مؤخرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דחיה, הנחה לאחר (משהו), סופית של מילה‬

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