post-production

noun

The stages of film (or audio) production happening between the actual filming (or recording) and the completed product.

Similar
post
OriginEnglish production ← Middle English produccioun ← Old French production →
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Meanings

nounpost-production (usually uncountable, plural post-productions)

plural post-productions · alternative postproduction

  1. uncountableusuallybroadcastingThe stages of film (or audio) production happening between the actual filming (or recording) and the completed product.

    Synonyms: post

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe stages of film (or audio) production happening between the actual filming (or recording) and the completed product.

Similar
post

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  11. Proto-Italic*pro-
  12. Latinprō-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  15. Proto-Italic*doukō
  16. Latindūcō
  17. Latinprōdūcō
  18. Latinprōductiō
  19. Old Frenchproduction
  20. Middle Englishproduccioun
  21. Englishproduction
  22. Englishpost-production

From post- + production.

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Translations

Catalan postproducció
  • postproduccióstages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
Dutch post-productie
  • post-productiestages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
Finnish jälkituotanto
  • jälkituotantostages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
French post-production
  • post-productionstages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
German Postproduktion, Nachproduktion
  • Postproduktionstages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
  • Nachproduktionstages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
Italian post-produzione
  • post-produzionestages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
Japanese ポストプロダクション
  • ポストプロダクション (posutopurodakushon)stages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
Korean 지점 생산
  • 지점 생산 (jijeom saengsan)stages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
Latvian pēcapstrāde
  • pēcapstrādestages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
Polish postprodukcja
  • postprodukcjastages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
Portuguese pós-produção
  • pós-produçãostages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
Russian заверша́ющий эта́п созда́ния
  • заверша́ющий эта́п созда́ния (zaveršájuščij etáp sozdánija)stages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
Spanish postproducción, posproducción
  • postproducciónstages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
  • posproducciónstages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film
Cite this entry
APA

post-production. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-production

MLA

“post-production.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-production. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “post-production,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-production.

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