postérité
French, noun/pɔs.te.ʁi.te/
postérité is spelled P-O-S-T-É-R-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postérité is a French feminine noun meaning “posterity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suite de ceux qui descendent d’une même origine”.
What does postérité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineposterity
- 2
femininehistory
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suite de ceux qui descendent d’une même origine. 2. Tous ceux qui sont venus après une certaine époque, ou qui sont à venir. 3. Tout ce qui viendra ensuite.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of postérité
- postérités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce postérité?
- /pɔs.te.ʁi.te/
- \pɔs.te.ʁi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to postérité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is postérité in French?
postérité appears 4.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).