postérieur

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin posterior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔs.te.ʁjœʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -jœʁ

Adjective

postérieur (feminine postérieure, masculine plural postérieurs, feminine plural postérieures)

  1. posterior
    Coordinate term: antérieur

Derived terms

Noun

postérieur m (plural postérieurs)

  1. (informal) buttocks

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