posthumous

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

posthume

Coupé comme

pos‧thum‧ous

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɒs.t͡ʃə.məs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.

Phrases

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

Un quart de tous les prix pour la Première Guerre mondiale étaient posthumes.