adv
Meaning 1
At, to, or from a great distance; far away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was seen from afar.
- He loved her from afar.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Afar
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /əˈfɑɹ/
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UK: /əˈfɑː/
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rhymes with (UK) -ɑː
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/ˈɑːfɑː(ɹ)/
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 F AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A region of Ethiopia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A member of the people who speak this language and reside in these regions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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adverb
Meaning 5
(old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we traveled afar
- we could see the ship afar off
- the Magi came from afar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English afer, equivalent to a- (“for, on, or of”) + far.
Borrowed from Afar qafár.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: lluny — at, to or from a great distance
- Catalan: al lluny — at, to or from a great distance
- Catalan: a la llunyania — at, to or from a great distance
- Cornish: a-bell — at, to or from a great distance
- Czech: z dáli — at, to or from a great distance
- Danish: langvejsfra — at, to or from a great distance
- Esperanto: de fore — at, to or from a great distance
- Finnish: kaukana — at, to or from a great distance
- Finnish: kauas — at, to or from a great distance
- Finnish: kaukaa — at, to or from a great distance
- Galician: lonxe — at, to or from a great distance
- German: weit — at, to or from a great distance
- German: fern — at, to or from a great distance
- German: weit weg — at, to or from a great distance
- German: weither — at, to or from a great distance
- Ancient Greek: μακρόθεν (makróthen) — at, to or from a great distance
- Ancient Greek: τῆλε (têle) — at, to or from a great distance
- Ancient Greek: νόσφι (nósphi) — at, to or from a great distance
- Italian: da lontano — at, to or from a great distance
- Latin: procul — at, to or from a great distance
- Norwegian Bokmål: langveisfra — at, to or from a great distance
- Polish: w oddali — at, to or from a great distance
- Portuguese: longe — at, to or from a great distance
- Russian: далеко́ (dalekó) — at, to or from a great distance
- Russian: вдалеке́ (vdaleké) — at, to or from a great distance
- Russian: вдали́ (vdalí) — at, to or from a great distance
- Russian: издалека́ (izdaleká) — at, to or from a great distance
- Russian: и́здали (ízdali) — at, to or from a great distance
- Spanish: a lo lejos — at, to or from a great distance
- Spanish: lejos — at, to or from a great distance
- Afar: Qafár af — language
- Afar: Afaraf — language
- Afrikaans: Afar — language
- Albanian: Gjuha afare — language
- Amharic: አፋርኛ (ʾäfarña) — language
- Arabic: عَفَارِيَّة (ʕafāriyya) — language
- Armenian: աֆար (afar) — language
- Armenian: աֆարերեն (afareren) — language
- Armenian: դանակիլ (danakil) — language
- Basque: afariko — language
- Breton: afareg — language
- Catalan: àfar — language
- Cherokee: ᎠᏩᎳ (awala) — language
- Corsican: afar — language
- Czech: afarština — language
- Dutch: Afar — language
- Dutch: Danakil — language
- Esperanto: afara lingvo — language
- Finnish: afar — language
- Finnish: afarin kieli — language
- French: afar — language
- West-Frisian: Afarsk — language
- Galician: afar — language
- German: Afar — language
- German: Danakil — language
- German: Afar — language
- Irish: Afáiris — language
- Italian: afar — language
- Northern Kurdish: afar — language
- Latvian: afāru valoda — language
- Lithuanian: afar — language
- Lithuanian: afarų — language
- Lithuanian: danakilų — language
- Lithuanian: afarų kalba — language
- Lithuanian: danakilų kalba — language
- Malay: bahasa Afar — language
- Norwegian: afar — language
- Norwegian: afarsk — language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: afar — language
- Polish: afarski — language
- Portuguese: afar — language
- Romanian: afară — language
- Russian: афа́рский язы́к (afárskij jazýk) — language
- Russian: афа́рский (afárskij) — language
- Russian: данаки́льский язы́к (danakílʹskij jazýk) — language
- Russian: данаки́льский (danakílʹskij) — language
- Serbo-Croatian: afar — language
- Serbo-Croatian: afarski — language
- Sicilian: afar — language
- Upper Sorbian: Afaršćina — language
- Spanish: afar — language
- Swedish: afar — language
- Tigrinya: ዓፋር (ʿafar) — language
- Turkish: Afarca — language
- Wolaytta: Afaarettuwa — language
- Wolof: afar — language
- Afar: Qafar Rakaakayak — region
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿法爾 /阿法尔 (Āfǎ'ěr) — region
- Polish: Afar — region
- Arabic: عَفَار (ʕafār) — member of this people
- Arabic: عَفَارِيّ (ʕafāriyy) — member of this people
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿法爾人 /阿法尔人 (Āfǎ'ěrrén) — member of this people
- Polish: Afar — member of this people
- Wolaytta: Afaariya — member of this people