aft

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA: /æft/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æft

Noun

aft (uncountable)

1. (nautical) The stern portion of a vessel.

Adverb

aft (comparative farther aft, superlative farthest aft)

1. (nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).

Synonyms

• abaft, astern

Antonyms

• fore, forward

Translations

to the stern

• Bulgarian: назад (bg) (nazad), към кърмата (bg) (kǎm kǎrmata)
• Finnish: perässä (fi)

• Russian: на корме, к корме
• Spanish: a popa (es)

See also

• after, fore-and-aft

Anagrams

• ATF, fat, FTA, TAF, TFA

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• aftë, aht (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₁- (compare Ancient Greek ἀῦτμη (aũtmē) ‘breath’, Welsh awel ‘breeze’).

Noun

aft m

1. draft (wind, bellows)
2. waft, whiff
3. warmth from a fire

Synonyms

• shkulm

Related terms

• afsh, avë

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑft
• IPA: /ɑft/
• Hyphenation: aft

Noun

aft f (plural aften, diminutive aftje)

1. aphtha (a sore in the mucous membrane of the mouth).

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Scots

Etymology

Alteration of oft

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɑft/

Adverb

aft

1. Obsolete spelling of oft.
   • 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".