postpositive

1. 1.

   (of a modifier) placed after another word

Questions about postpositive

What does postpositive mean?

postpositive means "(of a modifier) placed after another word".

How many syllables are in postpositive?

postpositive has 4 syllables and divides as post-po-si-tive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is postpositive a common word?

postpositive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.