posthuum

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French posthume, from Latin postumus; the h was added even in a Latin erroneous variation posthumus, perhaps by association with humus (soil (of burial)).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pɔsˈtym/, /poːsˈtym/
  • Hyphenation: pos‧thuum
  • Rhymes: -ym

Adjective[edit]

posthuum (not comparable)

  1. Superseded spelling of postuum.

Inflection[edit]

Declension of posthuum
uninflected posthuum
inflected posthume
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial posthuum
indefinite m./f. sing. posthume
n. sing. posthuum
plural posthume
definite posthume
partitive posthuums