posthumous

1. 1.

   occurring or coming into existence after a person's death

   “a posthumous award”

   “a posthumous book”

   “a posthumous daughter”

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Questions about posthumous

What does posthumous mean?

posthumous means "occurring or coming into existence after a person's death".

How many syllables are in posthumous?

posthumous has 3 syllables: pos-thu-mous. The stress falls on "pos". In IPA it is /ˈpɑstʃʊməs/.

Is posthumous a common word?

posthumous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.