aftershave

See also: Aftershave and after-shave

English

Alternative forms

• after-shave

Etymology

From after- +‎ shave

Pronunciation

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Noun

aftershave (countable and uncountable, plural aftershaves)

1. a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving
   • 2013, Robert L. Buyer and Ursula T. Coute, Following the North Star, page 26:

     The box was jam packed full o' gifts for each manjack of us: razors, aftershave, toothbrushes, an' books.

Translations

lotion, gel or liquid

• Catalan: loció postafaitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 須後水 (zh), 须后水 (zh) (xūhòushuǐ)

• Finnish: partavesi (fi) (lotion); partageeli (fi) (gel)
• French: après-rasage (fr) m
• German: Aftershave (de) n, Rasierwasser (de) n
• Irish: lóis iarbhearrtha f
• Italian: dopobarba (it) m

• Japanese: アフターシェーブ (afutāshēbu)
• Korean: 애프터셰이브 (aepeuteosyeibeu)
• Macedonian: ко́лонска во́да f (kólonska vóda), лосио́н m (losión)
• Portuguese: pós-barba (pt) m
• Russian: одеколо́н (ru) m (odekolón) (cologne), лосьо́н (ru) m (losʹón) (lotion), гель (ru) m (gelʹ) (gel) (по́сле бритья́)
• Swedish: rakvatten (sv) n, aftershave (sv) c
• Welsh: sent eillio m