posthumous

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

póstumo

Con guión como

pos‧thum‧ous

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɒs.t͡ʃə.məs/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.

Oraciones

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

Una cuarta parte de todos los premios para la Primera Guerra Mundial fueron póstumo.