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

See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, evening, dusk, night, midnight

Translations

part of the day between noon and evening

• Albanian: pasdrekë (sq) f
• Amis: herek no lahok
• Arabic: بَعْدَ الزّوَال (ar) (báʕd-az-zawāl), زَوَالِي (ar) (zawālī), هاجِرِي (ar) (hājirī), بعد ظهر (ar) (ba3d Zuhr)
• Atayal: babaw knryax
• Bulgarian: следобед (bg) (sledóbed) m 
• Bunun: tinongqu vali
• Burmese: မွန်းလွဲ (my) (mun:lwe:)
• 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)

• 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: vépreil
• German: Nachmittag (de) m
• Greek: απόγευμα (el) (apógevma) n 
• Guernésiais: arlevaïe 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)
• Jèrriais: arlévée f
• Kavalan: qemadanan
• Khmer: រសៀល (km)
• Korean: 오후 (ko) (ohu) (午後 (ko))

• Kulon-Pazeh: aahuuan
• Lao: ຕອນແລງ (lo)
• Latin: postmeridianum tempus (la) n, postmeridianus dies (la) m, vesper (la) m
• Macedonian: попладне (mk) (pópladne) n
• Malay:

  Rumi: petang (ms), sore (ms)

  Jawi: ڤتڠ (ms), سوري (ms)

• Maltese: waranofsinhar (mt) m
• Mazanderani: نماشون (nemašun)
• 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 (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: поподне (sh) n

  Roman: popodne (sh) n

• Slovene: popoldne (sl) n
• Spanish: tarde (es) f
• Swedish: eftermiddag (sv) c
• Taroko: bobo ceka naali
• Telugu: అపరాహ్నం (te) (aparaahnaM), మధ్యాహ్నం (te) (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)
• Welsh: prynhawn (cy) m
• Yami: makoyab

Derived terms

• afternoonish
• afternoon tea
• good afternoon

See also

• forenoon

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