aftershave

See also: Aftershave and after-shave

English

Alternative forms

• after-shave

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros

Proto-Germanic *after

Old English æfter

Middle English after

English after

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Old English æfter

Old English æfter-

Middle English after-

English after-

English shave

English aftershave

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, 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 / 须后水 (zh) (xūhòushuǐ)

• Dutch: aftershave (nl) m
• Finnish: partavesi (fi) (lotion); partageeli (fi) (gel)
• French: après-rasage (fr) m
• German: (gel, lotion) Aftershave (de) n, (liquid) Rasierwasser (de) n
• Hungarian: arcszesz (hu)
• 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
• Romanian: aftershave (ro) n
• 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
• Tagalog: losyon sa bagong-ahit
• Welsh: sent eillio m

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English after-shave.

Noun

aftershave n (uncountable)

1. after-shave

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aftershave	aftershaveul
genitive-dative	aftershave	aftershaveului
vocative	aftershaveule

Swedish

aftershave

Alternative forms

• after shave

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English aftershave.

Noun

aftershave c

1. aftershave

   Synonym: rakvatten

Declension

Declension of aftershave

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	aftershave	aftershaves
	definite	aftershaven	aftershavens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “aftershave”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “aftershave”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)