afront

English

Etymology

a- +‎ front

Adverb

afront (not comparable)

1. in front; face to face

Preposition

afront

1. in front of
   • a. 1597, Shakespeare, William, Henry IV, Part 1, act 2, scene 4, lines 195–197:

     These four came all afront, and mainly thrust / at me. I made me no more ado, but took all their seven / points in my target, thus!

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French affront. First attested in 1666.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaf.rɔnt/

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• Rhymes: -afrɔnt
• Syllabification: af‧ront

Noun

afront m inan

1. affront (insult)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obraza

   osobisty afront ― a personal affront

   dyplomatyczny afront ― a tactful affront

   publiczny afront ― a public affront

   kolejny afront ― the next affront

   podobny afront ― a similar affront

   czynić/uczynić afront ― to commit an affront

   robić/zrobić afront ― to affront

Declension

Declension of afront

	singular	plural
nominative	afront	afronty
genitive	afrontu	afrontów
dative	afrontowi	afrontom
accusative	afront	afronty
instrumental	afrontem	afrontami
locative	afroncie	afrontach
vocative	afroncie	afronty

Derived terms

verb

• (obsolete) afrontować impf

 

References

• Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎^[1], Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading

• afront in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• afront in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French affront.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfront/
• Hyphenation: a‧front

Noun

afront n (plural afronturi)

1. affront, public insult

Declension

Declension of afront

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) afront	afrontul	(niște) afronturi	afronturile
genitive/dative	(unui) afront	afrontului	(unor) afronturi	afronturilor
vocative	afrontule		afronturilor

Further reading

• afront in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)