posttraumatic
adjective
posttraumatic is an adjective meaning “After, or as a result of, a trauma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-O-S-T-T-R-A-U-M-A-T-I-C and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does posttraumatic mean?
adjective
- 1
After, or as a result of, a trauma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce posttraumatic?
Posttraumatic has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of posttraumatic
- post-traumatic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is posttraumatic?
Posttraumatic appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with posttraumatic
Also written: post-traumatic (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Posttraumatic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense after, or as a result of, a trauma:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | post-traumatique |
| German | posttraumatisch |
| Portuguese | pós-traumático |
| Spanish | postraumático |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does posttraumatic come from?
From post- + traumatic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).