aft

See also: AFT

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Afitti.

Symbol

aft

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Afitti.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Afitti terms

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːft/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /æft/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɐːft/
• Rhymes: -ɑːft, -æft

Etymology 1

From Old English æftan (“behind”); possibly originally superlative of of (“off”). See after.

Noun

aft (usually uncountable, plural afts)

2. (nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.

   Synonyms: stern, poop

   Antonyms: bow, stem, forestem, fore, prow, prore

   Holonyms: watercraft < vessel

Derived terms

• aftcastle
• aftmost
• aft-most
• aftward
• aftwards
• fore and aft

Translations

stern portion of a vessel

Chinese: Mandarin: 船尾 (zh) (chuánwěi) Estonian: pära, ahter (et) Finnish: perä (fi), ahteri (fi) French: poupe (fr) f German: Heck (de) n Hungarian: far (hu), hajófar (hu), (please verify) tat (hu) Italian: poppa (it) f, poppa (it) f

Adverb

aft (comparative further aft or farther aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or farthest 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 Asbj&oslash￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, 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 farther aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or farthest 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".

   • 2016, Sally Wainwright, 49:45 from the start, in Happy Valley, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire):

     There's gonna be an announcement later this aft, but he's targeting vulnerable people like yourselves, alright?

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:afternoon

Anagrams

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