posthumous

Significado

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.

Guionizado como

pos‧thum‧ous

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɒs.t͡ʃə.məs/

Etimoloxía

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.

Oracións

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