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,‎ distofacial,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiolingual,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Related terms

• See post-
• posteriorize

Translations

located towards the rear

• Chinese:

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

• French: postérieur (fr)

• German: hinter (de)
• Russian: задний (ru) (zádnij), тыльный (ru) (týlʹnyj), хвостовой (ru) (xvostovój)
• Spanish: trasero (es), posterior (es)

following in order or time

• Esperanto: posta (eo)
• French: postérieur (fr)
• German: später (de)

• Russian: последующий (ru) (poslédujuščij), позднейший (ru) (pozdnéjšij)
• Spanish: posterior (es)

Noun

posterior (plural posteriors)

1. (euphemistic) The buttocks.

Translations

buttocks

• Dutch: Achterste, achterwerk (nl)
• French: Derrière
• German: Hintern (de)

• Serbo-Croatian: stražnjica f
• 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

Third declension, comparative variant.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
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
• French: postérieur, postérieure

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

posterior m, f (plural posteriores)

1. posterior, later