Phrase guide

good afternoon

phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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1

phrase

Meaning 1

A greeting or farewell said in the afternoon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada

Qualifier: rather formal in US

Examples

  • Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming to our special meeting today.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a conventional expression of greeting or farewell

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: afternoon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farewell, word of farewell, greeting, salutation

History

Etymology

Probably a shortening of "I wish you a good afternoon."

Across languages

Translations

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: goeie middag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Albanian: mirëdita — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Arabic: مَسَاء الْخَيْر (masāʔ al-ḵayr) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Arabic: مَسَاء النُّور (masāʔ an-nūr) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Arabic: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُم (as-salāmu ʕalaykum) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Arabic: نَهَارُكُم سَعِيد (nahārukum saʕīd) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Armenian: բարի օր (bari ōr) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Azerbaijani: günortan xeyir — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Azerbaijani: günortanız xeyir — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Basque: arratsalde on — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Belarusian: до́бры дзень (dóbry dzjenʹ) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Bengali: শুভ অপরাহ্ন (śubho oporahno) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Central Bikol: marhay na hapon — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Bulgarian: добъ́р ден (dobǎ́r den) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Catalan: bona tarda — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Cebuano: maayong hapon — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Cebuano: maayong udto — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Chechen: де дика дойла (de dika dojla) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Chichewa: mwasewela bwanji? — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Chichewa: ndasewela bwino — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Chinese Cantonese: 午安 (ng5 on1) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Chinese: 午安 (zh-min-nan) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Chinese: 好暗晡 (hó͘ àm-po͘) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 下午好 (xiàwǔhǎo) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 你好 (nǐhǎo) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 午安 (wǔ'ān) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Czech: dobrý den — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Danish: god dag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Danish: god eftermiddag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Dutch: goedenamiddag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Dutch: goeienamiddag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Dutch: goedemiddag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Dutch: goeiemiddag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Dutch: goedendag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Esperanto: bonan posttagmezon — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Estonian: tere päevast — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Ewe: ŋdɔ — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Faroese: góðan dag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Faroese: góðan seinnapart — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Finnish: hyvää päivää — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Finnish: hyvää iltapäivää — greeting said in the afternoon
  • French: bonjour — greeting said in the afternoon
  • French: bon après-midi — greeting said in the afternoon
  • West-Frisian: goemiddei — greeting said in the afternoon
  • West-Frisian: middei — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Galician: boa tarde — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Galician: boas tardes — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Georgian: გამარჯობა (gamarǯoba) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Georgian: შუადღე მშვიდობისა (šuadɣe mšvidobisa) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • German: guten Tag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • German: guten Nachmittag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Greek: καλό απόγευμα (kaló apógevma) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Greek: καλημέρα (kaliméra) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Guajajára: zanekaruk — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Hawaiian: aloha ʻauinalā — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Hebrew: צָהֳרַיִם טוֹבִים (tsohoráyim tovím) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Hiligaynon: maayong udto — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Hindi: नमस्ते (namaste) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Hindi: शुभ दोपहर (śubh dopahar) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Hindi: गुड आफ़्टरनून (guḍ āfṭarnūn) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Hungarian: jó napot — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Hungarian: jó napot kívánok — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Icelandic: góðan dag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Ilocano: naimbag a malem — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Indonesian: selamat siang — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Indonesian: selamat sore — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Ingrian: tere päivää — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Ingrian: hyvvää päivää — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Italian: buon pomeriggio — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Italian: buongiorno — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Japanese: こんにちは (konnichi wa) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Japanese: 今日は (konnichi wa) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Javanese: sugeng siang — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Javanese: sugeng sonten — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Kazakh: қайырлы күн (qaiyrly kün) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Kazakh: ассалаумағалейкум (assalaumağaleikum) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Khmer: សាយណ្ហសួស្តី (saayan suəsdəy) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • K'iche': xeq'ij — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Korean: 안녕하세요 (annyeong-haseyo) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Korean: 안녕하십니까 (annyeong-hasimnikka) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Korean: 안녕 (annyeong) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Korean: 좋은 오후에요 (jo'eun ohu-eyo) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆژ باش (roj baş) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Lao: ສະບາຍດີ (sa bāi dī) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Latvian: labvakar — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Lithuanian: laba diena — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Luxembourgish: gudden Nomëtteg — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Macanese: bô-tarde — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Macedonian: добар ден (dobar den) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Malay: selamat petang — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Maltese: waranofsinhar it-tajjeb — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Nheengatu: puranga karuka — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: god dag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: god ettermiddag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Palauan: ungil sueleb — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Persian: عَصْر بَخَیْر (asr baxayr) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Persian: ظُهْر بَخَیْر (zuhr baxayr) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Persian: سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām alaykum) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Iranian Persian: عَصْر بِخِیْر (asr bexeyr) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Iranian Persian: ظُهْر بِخِیْر (zohr bexeyr) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Iranian Persian: سَلَام عَلِیْکُم (salâm aleykom) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Polish: dzień dobry — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Portuguese: boa tarde — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Romanian: bună ziua — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Russian: до́брый день (dóbryj denʹ) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Inari-Sami: pyeri peivi — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Northern Sami: buorre beaivi — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Skolt-Sami: tiõrv — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Scottish Gaelic: feasgar math — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Serbo-Croatian: до̏бар да̑н — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Serbo-Croatian: dȍbar dȃn — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Sikkimese: ཉིན་གུང་བདེ་ལེགས (nyin gung bde legs) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Slovak: dobrý deň — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Slovene: dober dan — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Spanish: buenas tardes — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Swahili: masalkheri — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Swedish: god eftermiddag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Swedish: god dag — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Tagalog: magandang hapon — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Tagalog: magandang tanghali — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Tajik: салом алайкум (salom alaykum) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Tajik: рӯзи хуш (rüz-i xuš) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Thai: สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Turkish: iyi günler — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Turkish: tünaydın — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Tz'utujil: kakh 'ikh — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Ukrainian: до́брий день (dóbryj denʹ) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Ukrainian: добри́день (dobrýdenʹ) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Urdu: دوپَہَر بَخَیر (dopahar baxair) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Urdu: گُڈ آفْٹَرْنُون (guḍ āfṭarnūn) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Urdu: سَلام عَلَیکُم (salām 'alaikum) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Urdu: سہ پہر بخیر (seh pahr baxair) — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Uzbek: xayrli kun — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Uzbek: salomalaykum — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Welsh: prynhawn da — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Winnebago: wira rocąje haixa pį — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Zulu: sawubona — greeting said in the afternoon
  • Zulu: sanibonani — greeting said in the afternoon