aft

See also: AFT

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɑːft/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æft/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːft, -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

• aftcastle
• aftmost
• aft-most
• aftward
• aftwards
• fore and aft

 

Translations

stern portion of a vessel

• Estonian: pära, ahter (et)
• Finnish: perä (fi), ahteri (fi)
• French: poupe (fr) f
• German: Heck (de) n
• Hungarian: far (hu), hajófar (hu), ^{(please verify)} tat (hu)
• Italian: poppa (it) f, poppa (it) f

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

at, near, or towards the stern

• Bulgarian: назад (bg) (nazad), към кърмата (kǎm kǎrmata)
• Finnish: perässä (fi) (at or near), perään (fi) (towards)
• German: achtern (de)
• Hungarian: hátul (hu), hátra (hu), hátrafelé (hu)
• Irish: sa deireadh, thiar sa deireadh
• Italian: a poppa
• Maori: kei te kei
• Russian: на корме, к корме
• Spanish: a popa
• Swedish: akterut (sv), akteröver (sv)

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

located at the back of a vessel

• Finnish: perä- (fi)
• French: arrière (fr) m

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

Declension of aft

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	aft	afti	afte	aftet
accusative		aftin
dative	afti	aftit	afteve	afteve
ablative			aftesh

Synonyms

• shkulm

Related terms

• afsh, avë

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/
• (Northern Isles) 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, 2004–present, →OCLC.
• 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

Inflection
Nominative	aft
Definite accusative	afdı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aft	aftlar
Definite accusative	afdı	aftları
Dative	afda	aftlara
Locative	aftta	aftlarda
Ablative	afttan	aftlardan
Genitive	afdın	aftların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular afdım aftlarım 2nd singular afdın aftların 3rd singular afdı aftları 1st plural afdımız aftlarımız 2nd plural afdınız aftlarınız 3rd plural aftları aftları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular afdımı aftlarımı 2nd singular afdını aftlarını 3rd singular afdını aftlarını 1st plural afdımızı aftlarımızı 2nd plural afdınızı aftlarınızı 3rd plural aftlarını aftlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular afdıma aftlarıma 2nd singular afdına aftlarına 3rd singular afdına aftlarına 1st plural afdımıza aftlarımıza 2nd plural afdınıza aftlarınıza 3rd plural aftlarına aftlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular afdımda aftlarımda 2nd singular afdında aftlarında 3rd singular afdında aftlarında 1st plural afdımızda aftlarımızda 2nd plural afdınızda aftlarınızda 3rd plural aftlarında aftlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular afdımdan aftlarımdan 2nd singular afdından aftlarından 3rd singular afdından aftlarından 1st plural afdımızdan aftlarımızdan 2nd plural afdınızdan aftlarınızdan 3rd plural aftlarından aftlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular afdımın aftlarımın 2nd singular afdının aftlarının 3rd singular afdının aftlarının 1st plural afdımızın aftlarımızın 2nd plural afdınızın aftlarınızın 3rd plural aftlarının aftlarının

References

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