posterior

English

Alternative forms

• posteriour (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɒsˈtɪəriə(r)/
• Rhymes: -ɪəriə(r)

Adjective

posterior (comparative more posterior, superlative most posterior)

1. Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.

   Synonyms: back, hinder, rear

2. Following in order or in time.

   Synonym: later

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.

Antonyms

• anterior
• prior

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]}

Derived terms

• posteriority
• posteriorly

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)

• Czech: zadní (cs)
• Dutch: achterkant (nl), rugzijde (nl)
• Finnish: perä-, perässä oleva, perällä oleva, perempi
• French: postérieur (fr)
• German: hinter (de)

• Greek: οπίσθιος (el) (opísthios)
• Italian: posteriore (it)
• Japanese: 後の (ja) (ushiro no), 後方の (ja) (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 (nl)
• Esperanto: posta (eo)
• Finnish: jäljempi, jälkikäteinen
• French: postérieur (fr)
• German: später (de)

• Greek: μεταγενέστερος (el) (metagenésteros), ύστερος (el) (ýsteros)
• Italian: posteriore (it)
• Japanese: 後の (ja) (ato no), 劣後する (ja) (retsugo suru), 後れる (okureru)
• Portuguese: posterior (pt)
• Russian: после́дующий (ru) (poslédujuščij), поздне́йший (ru) (pozdnéjšij)
• Spanish: posterior (es)

Noun

posterior (plural posteriors)

1. (euphemistic) The buttocks.
2. (mathematics) The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).

Translations

buttocks

• Dutch: Achterste, achterwerk (nl)
• Esperanto: postaĵo
• Finnish: peräpää
• French: derrière (fr)
• German: Hintern (de)
• Greek: πισινός (el) m (pisinós)

• Hungarian: far (hu)
• Maori: tou, miki, kumu, tāreperepe, kumu, miki, papaihore, remu, tou
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стра̏жњица

  Roman: strȁžnjica (sh)

• Spanish: trasero (es) m

Anagrams

• repositor, torporise

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin posterior.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pos.tə.ɾiˈo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pus.tə.ɾiˈo/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pos.te.ɾiˈoɾ/

Adjective

posterior (masculine and feminine plural posteriors)

1. posterior (following in order or in time)

   Antonym: anterior

2. posterior (located behind, or towards the rear of an object)

   Antonym: anterior

Derived terms

• posterioritat
• posteriorment

Further reading

• “posterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “posterior” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

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Latin

Etymology

Comparative degree of posterus, from post.

Adjective

posterior (neuter posterius, positive posterus); third declension

1. (of time) coming after, later; next, following
   1. the later of the two, (of persons) the younger
2. (of space) further to the back, hinder, posterior
3. later in position or order of mention, latter
4. less important, secondary, inferior

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

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

Noun

posterior m (genitive posteriōris); third declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) later generations

Declension

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

• posteritās

Descendants

• → Catalan: posterior
• → English: posterior
• → French: postérieur
• → Galician: posterior
• → Italian: posteriore
• → Portuguese: posterior
• → Spanish: posterior

References

• “posterior” on page 1554 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Further reading

• posterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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
    

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin posterior.

Adjective

posterior m or f (plural posteriores, comparable)

1. posterior (following in order or in time)

   Synonym: ulterior

2. posterior (located in the rear)

   Synonym: traseiro

3. (phonetics) back (produced in the back of the mouth)

   Synonym: traseiro

Derived terms

• posteriormente

Further reading

• “posterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin posterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /posteˈɾjoɾ/, [post̪eˈɾjoɾ]
• (Rioplatense) IPA^(key): /poːʱ.te.ˈɾjoɾ/

Adjective

posterior (plural posteriores)

1. posterior, later

   Antonym: anterior

Derived terms

• posterioridad
• posteriormente

Further reading

• “posterior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.