postel

Blend of postë (“mail”) +‎ elektronike (“electronics”). Coined by Agim Morina in the late 1990s. Likely inspired by the French courriel and Jon Postel's last name.

• IPA^(key): /pɔsˈtɛl/

postel m

1. email

Inherited from Old Czech postele, postel, from Proto-Slavic *posteľь. By surface analysis, deverbal from postlat.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpostɛl]

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• Hyphenation: pos‧tel

postel f (diminutive postýlka or postélka)

1. bed (to sleep on)

   ustlat postel ― to make the bed

   manželská postel ― double bed

   na smrtelné posteli ― on the death bed

• “postel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “postel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “postel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpostɛl/ [ˈpos.t̪ɛl]
• Rhymes: -ostɛl
• Syllabification: pos‧tel

postel (plural postel-postel)

1. syllabic abbreviation of pos dan telekomunikasi (“post and telecommunication”)

• “postel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• posteľ (alternative writing)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *posteľь.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpostɛl/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpostɛl/

postel f

1. alternative form of postele

• Czech: postel

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “postel”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

postel (nominative plural postels)

1. (obsolete) apostle

This older term has been replaced by paostolan "apostle".

• apostel (also obsolete)

• posteläm
• postelät
• postelik
• postelub