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.

Met koppelteken als

pos‧thum‧ous

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpɒs.t͡ʃə.məs/

Etymologie

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.

Zinnen

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

Een kwart van alle prijzen voor de Eerste Wereldoorlog waren postume.