aftermath

English

The aftermath of a storm and flood.

Etymology

From after- +‎ math ‎(“a mowing”), from Old English mæþ ‎(“a mowing”), from Proto-Germanic *madą, *maþō, *maþwō, *mēdō ‎(“a mowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *(a)mē- ‎(“to mow”). Cognate with Dutch made, mad ‎(“area of ground cleared by a sickle”), German Mahd ‎(“mowing”). Related to Old English māwan ‎(“to mow”). See mow, meadow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ/, IPA^(key): /ˈɑːf.tɚˌmæθ/, IPA^(key): /ˈɑːf.tɚˌmɑːθ/

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Noun

aftermath ‎(plural aftermaths)

1. (obsolete, or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
2. That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

   In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.

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Translations

a second mowing

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• Finnish: toinen niitto
• French: regain (fr) m

• German: Nachernte f
• Russian: второ́й поко́с m ‎(vtorój pokós)
• Slovene: otava f

that which happens after, that which follows

• Armenian: հետևանքներ ‎(hetewankʿner), հետագա զարգացումներ ‎(hetaga zargacʿumner)
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• Dutch: nasleep (nl) m
• Finnish: jälkivaikutus, jälkiseuraus, jälki (fi), jäljet (fi) pl
• French: séquelles (fr) f pl
• German: Nachwirkung (de) f, Folge (de) f

• Greek: συνέπεια (el) f ‎(synépeia), επακόλουθο (el) n ‎(epakóloutho)
• Hungarian: következmény (hu), utóhatás (hu)
• Italian: conseguenze (it) f
• Japanese: 直後
• Portuguese: resultado (pt) m, rescaldo (pt)
• Russian: после́дствие (ru) n ‎(poslédstvije)
• Spanish: consecuencias (es) f pl, resultados (es) m pl
• Turkish: ardından, sonrasında
• Walloon: shuvance f