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,‎ 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

• posteriority
• posteriorly

Related terms

• See post-
• posteriorize

Translations

located towards the rear

• Catalan: posterior (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後面的／后面的 (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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin posterior.

Adjective

posterior m or f (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, 2024
• “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

Adjective

posterior (neuter posterius, positive posterus); third declension

1. posterior, more to the back
2. next, following
3. further below, lower part

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

Related terms

• posterus

Descendants

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

References

• “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

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

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin posterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /posteˈɾjoɾ/ [pos.t̪eˈɾjoɾ]
• IPA^(key): /poːʱ.te.ˈɾjoɾ/

Adjective

posterior m or f (masculine and feminine 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