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
• prior

Derived terms

• posteriority
• posteriorly

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,‎ distal,‎ dorsal,‎ lateral,‎ medial,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}
• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Related terms

• See post-
• posteriorize

Translations

located towards the rear

• Catalan: posterior (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後面的 (zh), 后面的 (zh) ‎(hòumiàn de), 尾部的 (zh) ‎(wěibù de)

• Dutch: achterkant (nl) m, rugzijde (nl) m, f
• French: postérieur (fr)
• German: hinter (de)
• Greek: οπίσθιος (el) m ‎(opísthios)

• Italian: posteriore (it)
• Japanese: 後の (ja) ‎(ushiro no), 後方の ‎(kōhō no)
• Portuguese: posterior (pt)
• Russian: за́дний (ru) ‎(zádnij), ты́льный (ru) ‎(týlʹnyj), хвостово́й (ru) ‎(xvostovój)
• Spanish: trasero (es), posterior (es)
• Tagalog: hulihan

following in order or time

• Catalan: posterior (ca)
• Dutch: later (nl), posterieur
• Esperanto: posta (eo)
• French: postérieur (fr)
• German: später (de)
• Japanese: 後の (ja) ‎(ato no), 劣後する (ja) ‎(retsugo suru), 後れる ‎(okureru)

• Greek: μεταγενέστερος (el) m ‎(metagenésteros), ύστερος (el) m ‎(ýsteros)
• Italian: posteriore (it)
• Portuguese: posterior (pt)
• Russian: после́дующий (ru) ‎(poslédujuščij), поздне́йший (ru) ‎(pozdnéjšij)
• Spanish: posterior (es)

Noun

posterior ‎(plural posteriors)

1. (euphemistic) The buttocks.

Translations

buttocks

• Dutch: Achterste, achterwerk (nl)
• French: Derrière
• German: Hintern (de)
• Greek: πισινός (el) m ‎(pisinós)

• Maori: tou
• Serbo-Croatian: stražnjica (sh) f
• Spanish: trasero (es) m

Anagrams

• repositor

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Catalan

Adjective

posterior m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural posteriors)

1. posterior

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Latin

Adjective

posterior ‎(comparative of posterus)

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

Inflection

Third declension, comparative variant

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
nominative	posterior	posterius		posteriōrēs	posteriōra
genitive	posteriōris			posteriōrum
dative	posteriōrī			posteriōribus
accusative	posteriōrem	posterius		posteriōrēs	posteriōra
ablative	posteriōre			posteriōribus
vocative	posterior	posterius		posteriōrēs	posteriōra

Related terms

• posterus

Descendants

• English: posterior
• French: postérieur, postérieure
• Spanish: posterior

References

• posterior in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• posterior in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • later writers: scriptores aetate posteriores or inferiores
    

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Portuguese

Adjective

posterior m, f ‎(plural posteriores, comparable)

1. posterior (following in order or in time)
2. posterior (located in the rear)
3. (phonetics) back (produced in the back of the mouth)

Synonyms

• (following in time): ulterior
• (located in the rear): traseiro
• (hinder): traseiro

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Rioplatense) IPA^(key): /poːʱ.te.ˈɾjoɾ/

Adjective

posterior m, f ‎(plural posteriores)

1. posterior, later