afront

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ front.

Adverb

afront (not comparable)

1. in front; face to face

Preposition

afront

1. in front of
   • a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act 2, scene 4, lines 195–197:

     These four came all afront, and mainly thrust / at me. I made me no more ado, but took all their seven / points in my target, thus!

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from afrontar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈfɾon]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈfɾont]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈfɾont]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

afront m (plural afronts)

1. affront
2. shame, dishonour

Further reading

• “afront”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “afront”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “afront” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “afront” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.