adv
Meaning 1
In the afternoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable, singular
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
afternoon
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɑːf.təˈnuːn/
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Northern-England: /ˌaf.təˈnuːn/
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Scotland: /ˌaf.təɾˈnʉn/
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General-American: /ˌæf.tɚˈnun/
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rhymes with -uːn
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CMU ARPABET: AE2 F T ER0 N UW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
intj
Meaning 2
Ellipsis of good afternoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
Meaning 3
The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 5
A party or social event held in the afternoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 6
a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: good afternoon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: farewell, word of farewell, greeting, salutation
noun
Meaning 7
the part of the day between noon and evening
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he spent a quiet afternoon in the park
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: day, daytime, daylight
History
Etymology
From Middle English afternone, after-non, equivalent to after- + noon.
Across languages
Translations
181 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: middag — part of the day between noon and evening
- Albanian: pasdrekë — part of the day between noon and evening
- Amis: herek no lahok — part of the day between noon and evening
- Arabic: بَعْد الظُّهْر (baʕd aẓ-ẓuhr) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Arabic: بَعْدَ الزَّوَال (baʕda z-zawāl) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Arabic: زَوَالِيّ (zawāliyy) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Arabic: هَاجِرِيّ (hājiriyy) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Arabic: عصر (ʕaṣr) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Arabic: بعد الظهر (baʕd iḍ-ḍúhur) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Arabic: بعد الظهر (baʕd aẓ-ẓuhur) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Arabic: عَصُر (ʕaṣur) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Arabic: بعد الظهر (baʕd iḍ-ḍúhur) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Arabic: بعد الظهر (baʕd iḍ-ḍúhur) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Arabic: عصر (ʕaṣr) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Armenian: ցերեկ (cʻerek) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Assamese: আবেলি (abeli) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Assamese: বিয়লি (bioli) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Assamese: পিছবেলা (pisbela) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Assamese: ভাটিবেলা (bhatibela) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Asturian: tarde — part of the day between noon and evening
- Atayal: babaw knryax — part of the day between noon and evening
- Azerbaijani: ikindi — part of the day between noon and evening
- Bashkir: икенде (ikende) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Basque: arratsalde — part of the day between noon and evening
- Belarusian: папаўдні́ (papawdní) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Central Bikol: hapon — part of the day between noon and evening
- Bulgarian: следо́бед (sledóbed) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Bunun: tinongqu vali — part of the day between noon and evening
- Burmese: မွန်းလွဲ (mwan:lwai:) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Burmese: နေ့လည် (ne.lany) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Burmese: ညနေ (nya.ne) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Catalan: vesprada — part of the day between noon and evening
- Catalan: havent-dinat — part of the day between noon and evening
- Catalan: horabaixa — part of the day between noon and evening
- Catalan: tarda — part of the day between noon and evening
- Catalan: després-dinar — part of the day between noon and evening
- Cebuano: hapon — part of the day between noon and evening
- Cherokee: ᏒᎯᏰᏱᏗᏢ (svhiyeyiditlv) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Chinese Cantonese: 下晝 /下昼 (haa6 zau3) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Gan Chinese: 下晝 /下昼 — part of the day between noon and evening
- Hakka Chinese: 下晝 /下昼 (hâ-chu) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Chinese: 下晡 (zh-min-nan) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Chinese: 暗晡 (àm-po͘) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Chinese: 下晝 /下昼 (zh-min-nan) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Chinese Mandarin: 下午 (xiàwǔ) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Crimean Tatar: ekindi — part of the day between noon and evening
- Czech: odpoledne — part of the day between noon and evening
- Danish: eftermiddag — part of the day between noon and evening
- Dutch: namiddag — part of the day between noon and evening
- Esperanto: posttagmezo — part of the day between noon and evening
- Estonian: pärastlõuna — part of the day between noon and evening
- Ewe: ɣetrɔ — part of the day between noon and evening
- Faroese: seinnapartur — part of the day between noon and evening
- Faroese: seinrapartur — part of the day between noon and evening
- Finnish: iltapäivä — part of the day between noon and evening
- French: après-midi — part of the day between noon and evening
- Gagauz: ikindi — part of the day between noon and evening
- Galician: tarde — part of the day between noon and evening
- Gallo: vépreil — part of the day between noon and evening
- Georgian: ნაშუადღევი (našuadɣevi) — part of the day between noon and evening
- German: Nachmittag — part of the day between noon and evening
- German: Nomitag — part of the day between noon and evening
- Ghotuo: òtà — part of the day between noon and evening
- Greek: απόγευμα (apógevma) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Ancient Greek: δείλη (deílē) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Hebrew: אַחַר הַצָּהֳרַייִם (aḥár hatzohoráim) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Hebrew: אחה״צ — part of the day between noon and evening
- Higaonon: hapun — part of the day between noon and evening
- Hiligaynon: hapon — part of the day between noon and evening
- Hindi: दोपहर (dopahar) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Hindi: अपराह्न (aprāhna) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Hungarian: délután — part of the day between noon and evening
- Hunsrik: Nohmittach — part of the day between noon and evening
- Ibanag: fugak — part of the day between noon and evening
- Icelandic: síðdegi — part of the day between noon and evening
- Icelandic: eftirmiðdagur — part of the day between noon and evening
- Icelandic: seinnipartur — part of the day between noon and evening
- Ilocano: malem — part of the day between noon and evening
- Indonesian: sore — part of the day between noon and evening
- Irish: nóin — part of the day between noon and evening
- Irish: iarnóin — part of the day between noon and evening
- Irish: tráthnóna — part of the day between noon and evening
- Italian: pomeriggio — part of the day between noon and evening
- Ivatan: makoyab — part of the day between noon and evening
- Japanese: 午後 (gogo) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Javanese: sore — part of the day between noon and evening
- Old Javanese: sore — part of the day between noon and evening
- Kapampangan: gatpanapun — part of the day between noon and evening
- Karachay-Balkar: экинди (ekindi) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Kavalan: qemadanan — part of the day between noon and evening
- Kazakh: екінді (ekındı) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Khmer: រសៀល (rɔɔrɔsiəl) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Korean: 오후 (ohu) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Kumyk: экинни (ekinni) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Lao: ຕອນແລງ (tǭn lǣng) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Latgalian: piecpušdīne — part of the day between noon and evening
- Latin: postmeridianum tempus — part of the day between noon and evening
- Latin: postmeridianus dies — part of the day between noon and evening
- Latin: vesper — part of the day between noon and evening
- Latvian: pēcpusdiena — part of the day between noon and evening
- Ligurian: dòppodisnâ — part of the day between noon and evening
- Lithuanian: popietė — part of the day between noon and evening
- Macedonian: попладне (popladne) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Malagasy: hariva — part of the day between noon and evening
- Brunei Malay: patang — part of the day between noon and evening
- Malay: ڤتڠ — part of the day between noon and evening
- Malay: سوري — part of the day between noon and evening
- Malay: petang — part of the day between noon and evening
- Malay: sore — part of the day between noon and evening
- Malayalam: ഇടനേരം (iṭanēraṁ) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Malayalam: അപരാഹ്നം (aparāhnaṁ) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Maltese: waranofsinhar — part of the day between noon and evening
- Mazanderani: نماشون (nemašun) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Mòcheno: nomitto — part of the day between noon and evening
- Mongolian: үдээс хойш (üdees xojš) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Mwani: lulemba — part of the day between noon and evening
- Navajo: ałníʼníʼą́ą́ dóó bikʼijįʼ — part of the day between noon and evening
- Nogai: экинли (ékinli) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Norman: arlevaïe — part of the day between noon and evening
- Norman: arlévée — part of the day between noon and evening
- Norwegian: ettermiddag — part of the day between noon and evening
- Occitan: vèspre — part of the day between noon and evening
- Ojibwe: ishkwaa-naawakwe — part of the day between noon and evening
- Old Turkic: ekindi — part of the day between noon and evening
- Pangasinan: ngarem — part of the day between noon and evening
- Pazeh: aahuuan — part of the day between noon and evening
- Persian: بعد از ظهر (ba'd az zohr) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Plautdietsch: Nomeddach — part of the day between noon and evening
- Polish: popołudnie — part of the day between noon and evening
- Portuguese: tarde — part of the day between noon and evening
- Quechua: sukha — part of the day between noon and evening
- Romagnol: dopmëẓdè — part of the day between noon and evening
- Romagnol: dopmizdì — part of the day between noon and evening
- Romanian: după-amiază — part of the day between noon and evening
- Romanian: după masă — part of the day between noon and evening
- Russian: послеобе́денное вре́мя (posleobédennoje vrémja) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Russian: втора́я полови́на дня (vtorája polovína dnja) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Russian: пополу́дни (popolúdni) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Saaroa: kʉlʉpʉngʉkumamahlipapu — part of the day between noon and evening
- Samogitian: popėitė — part of the day between noon and evening
- Sardinian: meri — part of the day between noon and evening
- Scottish Gaelic: feasgar — part of the day between noon and evening
- Serbo-Croatian: поподне — part of the day between noon and evening
- Serbo-Croatian: popodne — part of the day between noon and evening
- Sicilian: pumiriggiu — part of the day between noon and evening
- Slovene: popoldne — part of the day between noon and evening
- Spanish: tarde — part of the day between noon and evening
- Swedish: eftermiddag — part of the day between noon and evening
- Tagalog: hapon — part of the day between noon and evening
- Tamil: பிற்பகல் (piṟpakal) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Tamil: மதியம் (matiyam) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Tamil: மத்தியானம் (mattiyāṉam) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Tamil: நடுப்பகல் (naṭuppakal) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Taroko: bobo ceka naali — part of the day between noon and evening
- Tatar: икенде (ikende) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Telugu: అపరాహ్నం (aparāhnaṁ) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Telugu: మధ్యాహ్నం (madhyāhnaṁ) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Thai: ตอนบ่าย (dtɔɔn-bàai) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Thai: ยามบ่าย (yaam bàai) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Thao: saqazi — part of the day between noon and evening
- Tibetan: དགོང་དྲོ (dgong dro) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Tok Pisin: apinun — part of the day between noon and evening
- Tokelauan: afiafi — part of the day between noon and evening
- Tongan: efiafi — part of the day between noon and evening
- Tsou: cohzona — part of the day between noon and evening
- Turkish: öğleden sonra — part of the day between noon and evening
- Turkish: ikindi — part of the day between noon and evening
- Ottoman Turkish: ایوار (ivar, eyvar) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Turkmen: ikindi — part of the day between noon and evening
- Ukrainian: пополу́день (popolúdenʹ) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Ukrainian: пополу́дні (popolúdni) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Urdu: دوپہر (dophar) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Vietnamese: buổi chiều — part of the day between noon and evening
- Vietnamese: chiều — part of the day between noon and evening
- Volapük: poszedel — part of the day between noon and evening
- Waray-Waray: kulop — part of the day between noon and evening
- Welsh: prynhawn — part of the day between noon and evening
- Yami: makoyab — part of the day between noon and evening
- Yiddish: נאָכמיטאָג (nokhmitog) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Zazaki: hela şani (diq) — part of the day between noon and evening
- Zazaki: bahdé dehir — part of the day between noon and evening
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