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ultérieur

French, adjective\yl.te.ʁjœʁ\

ultérieur is a French adjective meaning “ulterior” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se fait après ; qui arrive après”.

What does ultérieur mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    ulterior

  2. 2

    following; later on

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui se fait après ; qui arrive après. 2. Qui est au-delà, par opposition à citérieur.

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 ultérieur

  • ultérieure feminine
  • ultérieurs masculine plural
  • ultérieures feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ultérieur?

  • \yl.te.ʁjœʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ultérieur

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ultérieur in French?

ultérieur appears 1.3 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).