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English

Etymology

Diminutive +? -y.

Noun

afty (plural afties)

1. (informal) afternoon

English

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /æft/
• Rhymes: -æft

Etymology 1

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

Noun

aft (usually uncountable, plural afts)

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

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).

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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:afternoon

Anagrams

• ATF, FAT, FTA, TAF, TFA, fat, taf

Albanian

Alternative forms

• aftë
• aht (Arbëreshë)
• ohtë, avtë, taftë (North Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h?weh?-. Compare Ancient Greek ????? (aûtm?, “breath”), Welsh awel (“breeze”).

Noun

aft m (indefinite plural afte, definite singular 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 ???? (áphtha). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ft/
• Hyphenation: aft
• Rhymes: -?ft

Noun

aft f (plural aften, diminutive aftje n)

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

Scots

Alternative forms

• oft

Etymology

From Old English oft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aft/, /?ft/

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.

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Turkish

Etymology

From French aphte

Noun

aft (definite accusative afd?, plural aftlar)

1. aphtha

Declension

References

• aft in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu