afternoon

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌæftəˈnuːn/, X-SAMPA: /%{ft@"nu:n/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˌæftɚˈnuːn/, X-SAMPA: /%{ft@`"nu:n/

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Alternative forms

• afternoone (archaic)

Noun

afternoon (plural afternoons)

1. The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening; the part of the day following noon which is daylight all year round; the second half of the working day (in regular office hours).
   • 1966, The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon

     And I love to live so pleasantly

     Live this life of luxury

     Lazing on a sunny afternoon

     In the summertime

   Do you want to watch a movie with me afternoon?

   I'm usually working in the afternoon.

Synonyms

• arvo

Translations

part of the day between noon and evening

Albanian: pasdrekë (sq) f. Amis: herek no lahok Arabic: بعد الزوال (ar) (báʕd-az-zawāl), زوالي (ar) (zawālī), هاجري (ar) (hājirī), بعد ظهر (ar) (ba3d Zuhr) Atayal: babaw knryax Bulgarian: следобед (bg) (sledóbed) m. Bunun: tinongqu vali Campidanese Sardinian: meri m. Catalan: tarda (ca) f. Cherokee: ᏒᎯᏰᏱᏗᏢ (chr) (svhiyeyiditlv) Chinese: Gan: 下晝 (ha5 chiu4), 晝後 (chiu4 heu5) Mandarin: 下午 (cmn) (xiàwǔ) Croatian: popodne (hr) n. Czech: odpoledne (cs) n. Danish: eftermiddag (da) c. Dutch: namiddag (nl) m. Esperanto: posttagmezo (eo) Ewe: ɣetrɔ Faroese: seinnapartur (fo) m., seinrapartur (fo) m. Finnish: iltapäivä (fi) French: après-midi (fr) m. and f. Gallo: vêpré German: Nachmittag (de) m. Greek: απόγευμα (el) (apógevma) n. Guernésiais: arlevaie f. Hungarian: délután (hu) Icelandic: síðdegi (is) n., eftirmiðdagur (is) m., seinnipartur (is) m. Irish: nóin (ga) f., iarnóin (ga) f., tráthnóna (ga) m. Italian: pomeriggio (it) m. Japanese: 午後 (ja) (ごご, gogo)

Kavalan: qemadanan Korean: 오후 (ko) (ohu) (午後 (ko)) Kulon-Pazeh: aahuuan Lao: ຕອນແລງ Macedonian: попладне (mk) (pópladne) n. Maltese: waranofsinhar (mt) m. Norwegian: ettermiddag (no) m. Ojibwe: ishkwaa-naawakwe Polish: popołudnie (pl) n. Portuguese: tarde (pt) f. Romanian: după-amiază (ro) f. Russian: пополудни (ru) (popolúdni), послеобеденное время (ru) (posleobédennoje vrémja) n., вторая половина дня (ru) (vtorája polovína dnja) f. Saaroa: kʉlʉpʉngʉkumamahlipapu Scottish Gaelic: feasgar Serbian: Cyrillic: поподне (sr) n. Latin: popodne (sr) n., postmeridianum tempus (la) n., postmeridianus dies (la) m., vesper (la) m. Slovene: popoldne (sl) n. Spanish: tarde (es) f. Swedish: eftermiddag (sv) c. Taroko: bobo ceka naali Telugu: అపరాహ్నం (aparaahnaM), మధ్యాహ్నం (madhyaahnaM) Thai: ตอนบ่าย (th) (dton bàai), ยามบ่าย (th) (yaam bàai) Thao: saqazi Tok Pisin: apinun (tpi) Tongan: efiafi (to) Tsou: cohzona Turkish: öğleden sonra (tr) Vietnamese: buổi chiều (vi) Yami: makoyab

Derived terms

• afternoonish
• afternoon tea
• good afternoon

See also

• forenoon

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