aft

aft

See also: AFT

English

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /æft/

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• Rhymes: -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

• aft-most
• fore and aft

Translations

stern portion of a vessel

Estonian: pära, ahter Finnish: perä (fi), ahteri (fi) French: poupe (fr) f German: Heck (de) n Hungarian: far (hu), hajófar, (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, H.L. Brækstad, transl., 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".

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:afternoon

Anagrams

• ATF, FAT, FTA, TAF, TFA, Taf, fat, taf

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Albanian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-. Compare Ancient Greek ἀῦτμη (aûtmē, “breath”), Welsh awel (“breeze”).[1][2]

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

Declension of aft

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	(një) aft	(disa) afte		afti	aftet
accusative (kallëzore)	(një) aft	(disa) afte		aftin	aftet
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	(një) afti	(disa) afteve		aftit	aftevet
dative (dhanore)	(një) afti	(disa) afteve		aftit	aftevet
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej)	(një) afti	(disa) aftesh		aftit	aftevet

Synonyms

• shkulm

Related terms

• afsh, avë

References

1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 71
2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “aft”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 2

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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).

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Scots

Alternative forms

• oft (Older)

Etymology

From Middle English ofte, from Old English oft, from Proto-Germanic *ufta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑft/
• (Insular) 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.

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

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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 at Türk Dil Kurumu