posterior

English

Alternative forms

• posteriour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin posterior, comparative of posterus (“coming after”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪəriə(r)

Adjective

posterior (comparative more posterior, superlative most posterior)

1. Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.
2. Following in order or in time.
3. (anatomy) Nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
4. (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.

Synonyms

• (located behind or towards the rear): rear, hinder, back
• (Following in order or in time): later

Antonyms

• anterior

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior, distal, dorsal, lateral, medial, posterior, proximal, ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}
• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, axial, buccal, cervical, coronal, distal, distobuccal, distolingual, facial, gingival, incisal, inferior, labial, lingual, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesiobuccal, mesiolingual, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Related terms

• See post-

Translations

located towards the rear

Chinese: Mandarin: 後面的 (zh), 尾部的 (zh) French: postérieur (fr)

German: hinterer (de) Spanish: trasero (es), posterior (es)

following in order or time

Esperanto: posta (eo) French: postérieur (fr)

German: späterer (de) Spanish: posterior (es)

Noun

posterior (plural posteriors)

1. (euphemistic) The buttocks.

Translations

buttocks

Dutch: Achterste, achterwerk French: Derrière

German: Hintern (de) Spanish: trasero (es) m.

Anagrams

• repositor

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Latin

Adjective

posterior (comparative of posterus)

1. posterior, more to the back
2. next, following

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	posterior	posterius		posteriōrēs	posteriōra
genitive	posteriōris	posteriōris		posteriōrum	posteriōrum
dative	posteriōrī	posteriōrī		posteriōribus	posteriōribus
accusative	posteriōrem	posterius		posteriōrēs	posteriōra
ablative	posteriōre	posteriōre		posteriōribus	posteriōribus
vocative	posterior	posterius		posteriōrēs	posteriōra

Related terms

• posterus

Descendants

• English: posterior

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Spanish

Adjective

posterior m. and f. (plural posteriores)

1. posterior