Most of his posthumous fame came from his autopsy results.
Source: tatoeba (712821)
Posthumous
Synonyms for "posthumous" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (12)
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7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 31 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- հետմահու adj (taking place after one's death)
- հետմահու adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Belarusian
2 entries- пасмяротны adj (taking place after one's death)
- пасмяротны adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Bulgarian
1 entries- посмъртен adj (taking place after one's death)
Catalan
3 entries- pòstum adj (born after one's father's death)
- pòstum adj (taking place after one's death)
- pòstum adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 死後出版的 /死后出版的 adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
- 死後發表的 /死后发表的 adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
- 遺腹 /遗腹 adj (born after one's father's death)
Czech
1 entries- posmrtný adj (taking place after one's death)
Danish
2 entries- posthum adj (taking place after one's death)
- posthum adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Dutch
4 entries- posthuum adj (born after one's father's death)
- posthuum adj (taking place after one's death)
- posthuum adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
- postuum adj (born after one's father's death)
Esperanto
1 entries- postmorta adj (taking place after one's death)
Finnish
4 entries- kuolemanjälkeinen adj (taking place after one's death)
- postuumi adj (born after one's father's death)
- postuumi adj (taking place after one's death)
- postuumi adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
French
2 entries- posthume adj (taking place after one's death)
- posthume adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Galician
2 entries- póstumo adj (born after one's father's death)
- póstumo adj (taking place after one's death)
German
4 entries- posthum adj (taking place after one's death)
- posthum adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
- postum adj (taking place after one's death)
- postum adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Greek
4 entries- κοιλάρφανος adj (born after one's father's death)
- μεταθανάτιος adj (taking place after one's death)
- μεταθανάτιος adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
- οψιγενής adj (born after one's father's death)
Hindi
2 entries- मरणोत्तर adj (taking place after one's death)
- मरणोपरांत adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Hungarian
2 entries- posztumusz adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
- utószülött adj (born after one's father's death)
Ido
2 entries- posmorta adj (taking place after one's death)
- postuma adj (born after one's father's death)
Indonesian
1 entries- anumerta adj (taking place after one's death)
Irish
1 entries- iarbháis adj (taking place after one's death)
Italian
2 entries- postumo adj (taking place after one's death)
- postumo adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- өлгөндөн кийин adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Māori
1 entries- murimate adj (taking place after one's death)
Polish
2 entries- pośmiertny adj (taking place after one's death)
- pośmiertny adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Portuguese
3 entries- póstumo adj (born after one's father's death)
- póstumo adj (taking place after one's death)
- póstumo adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Russian
3 entries- посме́ртный adj (born after one's father's death)
- посме́ртный adj (taking place after one's death)
- посме́ртный adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- phost-humhain adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Spanish
3 entries- póstumo adj (born after one's father's death)
- póstumo adj (taking place after one's death)
- póstumo adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Swedish
2 entries- postum adj (taking place after one's death)
- postum adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Ukrainian
2 entries- посме́ртний adj (taking place after one's death)
- посме́ртний adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Vietnamese
1 entries- but see truy tặng adj (taking place after one's death)
Welsh
3 entries- ar ôl marwolaeth adj (taking place after one's death)
- ôl-anedig adj (born after one's father's death)
- ôl-argraffedig adj (in reference to a work, published after the author's death)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Berkofsky's focus now is a posthumous tribute to his friend and frequent collaborator, Alan Hovhaness.
Source: tatoeba (12407725)
The most favorable posthumous history the stay-at-home traitor can hope for is—oblivion.
Source: wiktionary
Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy.
Source: wiktionary
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