posthuum

Dutch

Etymology

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

Adjective

posthuum (not comparable)

  1. Superseded spelling of postuum.

Inflection
Inflection 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
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