aft

English

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /æft/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æft

Etymology 1

From Old English æftan (“behind”); possibly originally superlative of of (“off”). See after.

Noun

aft (usually uncountable, plural afts)

1. (nautical) The stern portion of a vessel.

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

aft (comparative further aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or most aft)

1. (nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 183:

     I came safe on board, but I felt anything but easy about the boat and the boy; my thoughts were not where they should be, for every moment I had to give the boat and the boy a look, and at last I saw a sea strike the boat aft, which gave it a send forward and under, and the next moment he was gone.

Synonyms

• abaft, astern

Antonyms

• fore, forward

Translations

See also

• after, fore-and-aft

Adjective

aft (comparative further aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or most aft)

1. located at the back of a boat, ship, or airplane

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of afternoon.

Noun

aft (plural afts)

1. (dated slang) Alternative form of afternoon: the time of day from noon until early evening.
   • 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, volume 6, page 27:

     A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".

   • 2016, Sally Wainwright, 49:45 from the start, in Happy Valley, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire):

     There's gonna be an announcement later this aft, but he's targeting vulnerable people like yourselves, alright?

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:afternoon

Anagrams

• ATF, FAT, FTA, TAF, TFA, Taf, fat, taf

Albanian

Alternative forms

• aftë
• aht — Arbëresh
• ohtë, avtë, taftë — North Gheg

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-. Compare Ancient Greek ἀῦτμη (aûtmē, “breath”), Welsh awel (“breeze”).

Noun

aft m (plural afte, definite afti, definite plural aftet)

1. draft (wind, bellows)
2. waft, whiff
3. warmth from a fire

Declension

Synonyms

• shkulm

Related terms

• afsh, avë

References

Dutch

Alternative forms

• afte

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄφθα (áphtha). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑft/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: aft
• Rhymes: -ɑft

Noun

aft f (plural aften, diminutive aftje n)

1. aphtha (a sore in the mucous membrane of the mouth).

Scots

Alternative forms

• oft (Older)

Etymology

From Middle English ofte, from Old English oft, from Proto-Germanic *ufta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑft/
• (Insular) IPA^(key): /aft/

Adverb

aft (comparative after, superlative aftest)

1. often
   • 1786, Robert Burns, To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough:

     The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective

aft (comparative mair aft, superlative maist aft)

1. (rare) frequent

Derived terms

• afttimes
• aftwhiles

References

• “aft, adv. and (rarely) adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Turkish

Etymology

From French aphte.

Noun

aft (definite accusative afdı, plural aftlar)

1. aphtha

Declension

References

• “aft”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu