afternoon
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afternoon
- /ˌɑːf.təˈnuːn/ UK
- /ˌaf.təˈnuːn/ Northern England
- /ˌaf.təɾˈnʉn/ Scotland
- /ˌæf.tɚˈnun/ US
Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
From Middle English afternone, after-non, equivalent to after- + noon.
noun afternoons · afternoone
- The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm. Theſe men ſerue God in the forenoone, and the diuell in the after noone;
- The later part of anything, often with implications of decline. Buck.[…]Theſe both put by a poore petitioner A care-crazd mother of a many children, A beauty-waining and diſtreſſed widow, Euen in the afternoone of her beſt daies Made priſe and purchaſe of his luſtfull eye, Seduc t the pitch and height of al his thoughts, To baſe declenſion and loathd bigamie, By
- A party or social event held in the afternoon.
Similar: arvo, aft, undern, afternoon, undertime · Opposite: morning
adverb afternoone
- In the afternoon. I stayd at home till noone, and recᵈ of Crowders for 3 loods of shilling 2l. 8s.; and afternoone I went with my wife to Wakefeild, where by yᵉ way I spent at Toppitt 8d., and wee lay at Jackson’s all night.
interjection afternoone
- Ellipsis of good afternoon
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: postmeridian, good afternoon, midday, morning, noon, evening, tonight, night, day, tomorrow, today, era, age, back, later, midi
Translations
Every language
noun part of the day between noon and evening
| Español | tarde |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오후 ohu |
| 日本語 | 午後 gogo |
| 中文 | 下午 xiàwǔ |
| हिन्दी | दोपहर dopahar, अपराह्न aprāhna |
| Português | tarde |
| Français | après-midi |
| Deutsch | Nachmittag |
| Italiano | pomeriggio |
| Ελληνικά | απόγευμα apógevma |
| Română | după-amiază, după masă |
| Русский | послеобе́денное вре́мя posleobédennoje vrémja, втора́я полови́на дня vtorája polovína dnja, пополу́дни popolúdni |
| Tiếng Việt | buổi chiều, chiều |
| العربية | بَعْد الظُّهْر baʕd aẓ-ẓuhr, بَعْدَ الزَّوَال baʕda z-zawāl, زَوَالِيّ zawāliyy, هَاجِرِيّ hājiriyy, عصر ʕaṣr |
| עברית | אַחַר הַצָּהֳרַייִם aḥár hatzohoráim, אחה״צ |
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@misc{afternoon_2026,
title = {afternoon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/afternoon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
