posthumous

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• UK: /ˈpɒs.t͡ʃʊ.məs/
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• US: /ˈpɑs.t͡ʃə.məs/
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• CMU ARPABET: P AA1 S CH UH0 M AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: pòstum — born after one's father's death
• Chinese Mandarin: 遺腹 /遗腹 (yífù) — born after one's father's death
• Dutch: posthuum — born after one's father's death
• Dutch: postuum — born after one's father's death
• Finnish: postuumi — born after one's father's death
• Galician: póstumo — born after one's father's death
• Greek: οψιγενής (opsigenís) — born after one's father's death
• Greek: κοιλάρφανος (koilárfanos) — born after one's father's death
• Hungarian: utószülött — born after one's father's death
• Ido: postuma — born after one's father's death
• Portuguese: póstumo — born after one's father's death
• Russian: посме́ртный (posmértnyj) — born after one's father's death
• Spanish: póstumo — born after one's father's death
• Welsh: ôl-anedig — born after one's father's death
• Armenian: հետմահու (hetmahu) — taking place after one's death
• Belarusian: пасмяротны (pasmjarótny) — taking place after one's death
• Bulgarian: посмъртен (posmǎrten) — taking place after one's death
• Catalan: pòstum — taking place after one's death
• Czech: posmrtný — taking place after one's death
• Danish: posthum — taking place after one's death
• Dutch: posthuum — taking place after one's death
• Dutch: postuum — taking place after one's death
• Esperanto: postmorta — taking place after one's death
• Finnish: kuolemanjälkeinen — taking place after one's death
• Finnish: postuumi — taking place after one's death
• French: posthume — taking place after one's death
• Galician: póstumo — taking place after one's death
• German: postum — taking place after one's death
• German: posthum — taking place after one's death
• Greek: μεταθανάτιος (metathanátios) — taking place after one's death
• Hindi: मरणोत्तर (marṇottar) — taking place after one's death
• Ido: posmorta — taking place after one's death
• Indonesian: anumerta — taking place after one's death
• Irish: iarbháis — taking place after one's death
• Italian: postumo — taking place after one's death
• Māori: murimate — taking place after one's death
• Polish: pośmiertny — taking place after one's death
• Portuguese: póstumo — taking place after one's death
• Russian: посме́ртный (posmértnyj) — taking place after one's death
• Spanish: póstumo — taking place after one's death
• Swedish: postum — taking place after one's death
• Ukrainian: посме́ртний (posmértnyj) — taking place after one's death
• Vietnamese: but see truy tặng — taking place after one's death
• Welsh: ar ôl marwolaeth — taking place after one's death
• Armenian: հետմահու (hetmahu) — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Belarusian: пасмяротны (pasmjarótny) — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Catalan: pòstum — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Chinese Mandarin: 死後發表的 /死后发表的 — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Chinese Mandarin: 死後出版的 /死后出版的 (sǐhòu fābiǎo de) — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Danish: posthum — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Dutch: posthuum — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Dutch: postuum — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Finnish: postuumi — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• French: posthume — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• German: postum — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• German: posthum — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Greek: μεταθανάτιος (metathanátios) — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Hindi: मरणोपरांत (marṇoprānt) — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Hungarian: posztumusz — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Italian: postumo — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Kyrgyz: өлгөндөн кийин (ölgöndön kiyin) — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Polish: pośmiertny — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Portuguese: póstumo — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Russian: посме́ртный (posmértnyj) — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Scottish Gaelic: phost-humhain — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Spanish: póstumo — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Swedish: postum — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Ukrainian: посме́ртний (posmértnyj) — in reference to a work, published after the author's death
• Welsh: ôl-argraffedig — in reference to a work, published after the author's death