posthumous

Signification (Anglais)

1. (not-comparable) After the death of someone.
2. (not-comparable) Taking place after one's own death.
3. (not-comparable) In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
4. (not-comparable) In reference to a musical opus, published or initially performed after the composer's death.
5. (not-comparable) Born after the death of one's father.

Concepts

posthume

Synonymes

after death

postmortem

leave behind

neglect

post mortem

postmortal

continuing

after-born

future

Traductions

póstumo

postum

posthum

póstumo

postuum

pòstum

μεταθανάτιος

posthuum

postumo

babasının ölümünden sonra doğan

nach dem Tode

postmortem

κοιλάρφανος

postume

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.