posthumous

Значение

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.

Пишется через дефис как

pos‧thum‧ous

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈpɒs.t͡ʃə.məs/

Этимология

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.

Предложения

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

Одна четверть всех наград за первую мировую войну была посмертной.