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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- posteriour (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒˈstɪə.ɹi.ə/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /poʊˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/, /pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Adjective[edit]
posterior (comparative more posterior, superlative most posterior)
- (anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
- (formal) Following in order or in time.
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (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, incisocervical, 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]
Derived terms[edit]
- anteroposterior
- apicoposterior
- centroposterior
- distoposterior
- dorsoposterior
- frontoposterior
- inferoposterior
- lateroposterior
- medioposterior
- mentoposterior
- mesioposterior
- midposterior
- nonposterior
- occipitoposterior
- posterior auricular artery
- posterior auricular muscle
- posterior cerebral artery
- posterior chamber
- posterior communicating artery
- posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
- posterior inferior cerebellar artery
- posteriority
- posteriorize
- posteriorly
- posterior malleolus
- posteriormost
- posterior naris
- posterior probability
- posterior scalene muscle
- posterior spinal artery
- posterior superior alveolar artery
- posterior triangle
- posteriorward
- postero-, posterio-
- proximoposterior
- sacroposterior
- sinistroposterior
- subposterior
- superoposterior
- ventroposterior
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
located towards the rear
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following in order or time
Noun[edit]
posterior (plural posteriors)
- (euphemistic, humorous) The hinder parts of the body.
- Synonyms: buttocks; see also Thesaurus:buttocks
- (mathematics) The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
Translations[edit]
buttocks
References[edit]
- “posterior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “posterior”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /pos.tə.ɾiˈo/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pus.tə.ɾiˈo/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pos.te.ɾiˈoɾ/
Adjective[edit]
posterior (masculine and feminine plural posteriors)
- posterior (following in order or in time)
- Antonym: anterior
- posterior (located behind, or towards the rear of an object)
- Antonym: anterior
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “posterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “posterior”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “posterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “posterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin posterior.
Adjective[edit]
posterior
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior, distal, dorsal, lateral, medial, posterior, proksimal, ventral (Category: id:Medicine) [edit]
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apikal, apikokoronal, aksial, bukal, bukoapikal, bukoservikal, bukogingival, bukolabial, bukolingual, bukooklusal, bukopalatal, servikal, koronal, koronoapikal, distal, distoapikal, distobukal, distoservikal, distokoronal, distofasial, distogingival, distoinsisal, distolingual, distooklusal, distoklusal, distopalatal, fasial, gingival, insisal, insisoservikal, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobukal, linguooklusal, mandibular, maksilar, mesial, mesioapikal, mesiobukal, mesioservikal, mesiokoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofasial, mesioinsisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesiooklusal, mesioklusal, mesiopalatal, oklusal, palatal, posterior, proksimal, superior, vestibular (Category: id:Dentistry) [edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Comparative degree of posterus, from post.
Adjective[edit]
posterior (neuter posterius, positive posterus); third declension
- (of time) coming after, later; next, following
- the later of the two, (of persons) the younger
- (of space) further to the back, hinder, posterior
- later in position or order of mention, latter
- less important, secondary, inferior
Declension[edit]
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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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 |
Noun[edit]
posterior m (genitive posteriōris); third declension
- (chiefly in the plural) later generations
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | posterior | posteriōrēs |
Genitive | posteriōris | posteriōrum |
Dative | posteriōrī | posteriōribus |
Accusative | posteriōrem | posteriōrēs |
Ablative | posteriōre | posteriōribus |
Vocative | posterior | posteriōrēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: posterior
- → English: posterior
- → French: postérieur
- → Galician: posterior
- → Italian: posteriore
- → Norwegian Bokmål: posterior, posteriori
- → Portuguese: posterior
- → Spanish: posterior
References[edit]
- “posterior” on page 1554 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading[edit]
- “posterior”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- posterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- later writers: scriptores aetate posteriores or inferiores
- later writers: scriptores aetate posteriores or inferiores
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
posterior m or f (plural posteriores, comparable)
- posterior (following in order or in time)
- Synonym: ulterior
- posterior (located in the rear)
- Synonym: traseiro
- (phonetics) back (produced in the back of the mouth)
- Synonym: traseiro
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “posterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French postérieur, from Latin posterior.
Adjective[edit]
posterior m or n (feminine singular posterioră, masculine plural posteriori, feminine and neuter plural posteriore)
Declension[edit]
Declension of posterior
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | posterior | posterioră | posteriori | posteriore | ||
definite | posteriorul | posteriora | posteriorii | posteriorele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | posterior | posteriore | posteriori | posteriore | ||
definite | posteriorului | posteriorei | posteriorilor | posteriorelor |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
posterior (plural posteriores)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “posterior”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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