"posthumous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɒs.t͡ʃə.məs/ [UK, US], /ˈpɒs.t͡ʃʊ.məs/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-posthumous.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|posthumus}} Latin posthumus, {{m|la|postumus}} postumus, {{m|la|posterus|t=coming after}} posterus (“coming after”), {{m|la|humus|t=ground, earth}} humus (“ground, earth”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} posthumous (not comparable)
  1. After the death of someone. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-posthumous-en-adj-Bb834djl
  2. Taking place after one's own death. Tags: not-comparable Translations (taking place after one's death): հետմահու (hetmahu) (Armenian), пасмяротны (pasmjarótny) (Belarusian), посмъртен (posmǎrten) (Bulgarian), pòstum (Catalan), posmrtný (Czech), posthum (Danish), posthuum (Dutch), postuum (Dutch), postmorta (Esperanto), kuolemanjälkeinen (Finnish), postuumi (Finnish), posthume (French), póstumo (Galician), postum (German), posthum (German), μεταθανάτιος (metathanátios) (Greek), posmorta (Ido), anumerta (Indonesian), iarbháis (Irish), postumo (Italian), murimate (Maori), pośmiertny (Polish), póstumo (Portuguese), посме́ртный (posmértnyj) (Russian), póstumo (Spanish), postum (Swedish), посме́ртний (posmértnyj) (Ukrainian), ar ôl marwolaeth (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-posthumous-en-adj-T2gL1Asn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 52 43 3 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 8 44 38 10 Disambiguation of "taking place after one's death": 12 57 15 16
  3. In reference to a work, published after the author's death. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in reference to a work, published after the author's death): հետմահու (hetmahu) (Armenian), пасмяротны (pasmjarótny) (Belarusian), pòstum (Catalan), 死後發表的 (Chinese Mandarin), 死后发表的 (Chinese Mandarin), 死後出版的 (Chinese Mandarin), 死后出版的 (sǐhòu fābiǎo de) (Chinese Mandarin), posthum (Danish), posthuum (Dutch), postuum (Dutch), postuumi (Finnish), posthume (French), postum (German), posthum (German), μεταθανάτιος (metathanátios) (Greek), posztumusz (Hungarian), өлгөндөн кийин (ölgöndön kiyin) (Kyrgyz), pośmiertny (Polish), póstumo (Portuguese), посме́ртный (posmértnyj) (Russian), phost-humhain (Scottish Gaelic), póstumo (Spanish), postum (Swedish), посме́ртний (posmértnyj) (Ukrainian), ôl-argraffedig (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-posthumous-en-adj-yWX~AbWn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 52 43 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 34 60 3 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 8 44 38 10 Disambiguation of "in reference to a work, published after the author's death": 7 11 77 6
  4. (originally) Born after the death of one's father. Tags: not-comparable Translations (born after one's father's death): pòstum (Catalan), 遺腹 (Chinese Mandarin), 遗腹 (yífù) (Chinese Mandarin), posthuum (Dutch), postuum (Dutch), postuumi (Finnish), póstumo (Galician), οψιγενής (opsigenís) (Greek), κοιλάρφανος (koilárfanos) (Greek), utószülött (Hungarian), postuma (Ido), póstumo (Portuguese), посме́ртный (posmértnyj) (Russian), póstumo (Spanish), ôl-anedig (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-posthumous-en-adj-t2YPkZAT Categories (other): English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 8 44 38 10 Disambiguation of "born after one's father's death": 19 29 13 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: post mortem, post-humous, postumous [archaic] Derived forms: posthumous execution, posthumously, posthumous name, posthumousness, posthumous work

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Irish",
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          "word": "iarbháis"
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          "_dis1": "12 57 15 16",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "postumo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 57 15 16",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "murimate"
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          "_dis1": "12 57 15 16",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "taking place after one's death",
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          "roman": "posmértnyj",
          "sense": "taking place after one's death",
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          "_dis1": "12 57 15 16",
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          "sense": "taking place after one's death",
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          "ref": "2012 April 17, Alex Macpherson, “Tupac's hologram reflects another milestone in his mythology”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Eight posthumous albums have been released to date – two more than the man managed in his lifetime – often with conspiracy-baiting titles such as Still I Rise and Tupac Resurrection.",
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          "_dis1": "7 11 77 6",
          "code": "hy",
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          "word": "հետմահու"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
          "word": "死後發表的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 11 77 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
          "word": "死后发表的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 11 77 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
          "word": "死後出版的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 11 77 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sǐhòu fābiǎo de",
          "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
          "word": "死后出版的"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
          "word": "posthum"
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          "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
          "word": "posthuum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 11 77 6",
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          "word": "posthum"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 11 77 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "metathanátios",
          "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
          "word": "μεταθανάτιος"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "posztumusz"
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        "(originally) Born after the death of one's father."
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          "_dis1": "19 29 13 40",
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          "sense": "born after one's father's death",
          "word": "póstumo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 29 13 40",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "opsigenís",
          "sense": "born after one's father's death",
          "word": "οψιγενής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 29 13 40",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "koilárfanos",
          "sense": "born after one's father's death",
          "word": "κοιλάρφανος"
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    "English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "pòstum"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "遺腹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yífù",
      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "遗腹"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "posthuum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "postuum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "postuumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "póstumo"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "οψιγενής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koilárfanos",
      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "κοιλάρφανος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "utószülött"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "postuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "póstumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posmértnyj",
      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "посме́ртный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "póstumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "born after one's father's death",
      "word": "ôl-anedig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hetmahu",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "հետմահու"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pasmjarótny",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "пасмяротны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "posmǎrten",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "посмъртен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "pòstum"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "posmrtný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "posthum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "posthuum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "postuum"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "postmorta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "kuolemanjälkeinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "postuumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "posthume"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "póstumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "postum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "posthum"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metathanátios",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "μεταθανάτιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "posmorta"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "anumerta"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "iarbháis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "postumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "murimate"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "pośmiertny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "póstumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posmértnyj",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "посме́ртный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "póstumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "postum"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "posmértnyj",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "посме́ртний"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "taking place after one's death",
      "word": "ar ôl marwolaeth"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hetmahu",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "հետմահու"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pasmjarótny",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "пасмяротны"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "pòstum"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "死後發表的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "死后发表的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "死後出版的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sǐhòu fābiǎo de",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "死后出版的"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "posthum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "posthuum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "postuum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "postuumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "posthume"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "postum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "posthum"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metathanátios",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "μεταθανάτιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "posztumusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ölgöndön kiyin",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "өлгөндөн кийин"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "pośmiertny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "póstumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posmértnyj",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "посме́ртный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "phost-humhain"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "póstumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "postum"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "posmértnyj",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "посме́ртний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "in reference to a work, published after the author's death",
      "word": "ôl-argraffedig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "posthumous"
}

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