English–French
“future generations” in French
French
Pronunciation
IPA/pɔsteʁite/
Example
Cette décision aura un impact sur la postérité.
This decision will have an impact on future generations.
How to say “future generations” in French
“Future generations” in French is postérité.
A thread linking what happens now with what later generations inherit or remember.
Example sentences with postérité
Ils pensent à la postérité en planifiant la succession.
They think of posterity when planning the succession.
Tips for using postérité
- Postérité is formal or literary, while les générations futures is more usual in everyday speech.