posthumous

Betekenis

1. After the death of someone.
2. Taking place after one's own death.
3. In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
4. In reference to a musical opus, published or initially performed after the composer's death.
5. Born after the death of one's father.

Koppelteken as

pos‧thum‧ous

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpɒs.t͡ʃə.məs/

Etimologie

From Latin posthumus, a variant spelling of postumus, superlative form of posterus (“coming after”), the ⟨h⟩ added by association with humus (“ground, earth”) referring to burial.

Sinne

One quarter of all awards for the First World War were posthumous .