posterior

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
  2. Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.
  3. Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
  4. Following in order or in time.
noun
  1. The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.
  2. The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).

Pronunciation

/pɒsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-posterior.wav /poʊˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/ /pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-posterior.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-VCcortex-posterior.wav /pɒsˈtɪɹ.i.ɚ/ /pɔsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/ /pɒsˈtiːə.ɹi.ə/ [pɔ̟sˈtiːə.ɹi.ə] /pɒsˈtiə.ɹi.ə/ [pɔ̟sˈtiə.ɹi.ə]

Word forms

posterior more posterior most posterior posteriour posteriors

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”).

Translations

Arabic: خَلْفِيّ Belarusian: за́дні Belarusian: ты́льны Bulgarian: за́ден Catalan: posterior Chinese Mandarin: 後面的 /后面的 Chinese Mandarin: 尾部的 Czech: zadní Dutch: achterkant Dutch: rugzijde Finnish: perä- Finnish: perässä oleva Finnish: perällä oleva Finnish: perempi French: postérieur German: hinterer German: Rück- Greek: οπίσθιος Hindi: पीछे Italian: posteriore Japanese: 後の Japanese: 後方の Korean: 후부의 Korean: 뒤의 Macedonian: заден Polish: tylny Polish: zadni Portuguese: posterior Romanian: posterior Russian: за́дний Russian: ты́льный Russian: хвостово́й Serbo-Croatian: за̏дњӣ Serbo-Croatian: zȁdnjī Slovak: zadný Slovene: zadnji Spanish: trasero Spanish: posterior Tagalog: hulihan Ukrainian: за́дній Ukrainian: ти́льний
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