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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPosterity
/pɒˈstɛr.ə.ti/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
All future generations of people.
"We must protect the environment for the sake of posterity." - 2
The descendants of a specific person.
"He left his vast estate to be divided among his immediate posterity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin noun posteritas, meaning 'descendants' or 'future time', stemming from the adjective posterus ('following' or 'subsequent'). Entering the English language in the late Middle Ages via Old French, the word evolved to denote all succeeding generations of a person or humanity at large.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Posterity" is said worldwide
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postérité
Transliteration: /pɔ.ste.ʁi.te/
"Ces monuments ont été érigés pour la postérité."
Nachwelt
Transliteration: /ˈnaːxˌvɛlt/
"Wir müssen die Natur für die Nachwelt erhalten."
posterità
Transliteration: /po.ste.riˈta/
"Dobbiamo preservare queste opere per la posterità."
posteridad
Transliteration: /pos.te.ɾiˈdad/
"Sus escritos fueron guardados para la posteridad."
posteridade
Transliteration: /pɔs.te.ɾiˈda.dʒi/
"Devemos proteger o planeta para a posteridade."
आगामी पीढ़ी
Transliteration: aagami peedhi
"हमें अपनी विरासत को आगामी पीढ़ी के लिए सहेजना चाहिए।"
后代
Transliteration: hòudài
"我们必须为后代保护环境。"
후손
Transliteration: huson
"우리는 후손을 위해 자연을 보호해야 한다."
子孫
Transliteration: shison
"私たちは子孫のためにこの環境を守らなければならない。"
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