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afternoon

  (ăf'tər-nūn') pronunciation
n.
  1. The part of day from noon until sunset.
  2. The latter part: in the afternoon of life.

 
 
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IN BRIEF: The part of the day between noon and evening.

pronunciation The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. — Cousin Woodman, from Swedish Proverb.

 
Wikipedia: afternoon (disambiguation)
  • Afternoon is the time of day from 12:00 (noon) to -- depending upon context -- evening, sunset, or 4:00 or 6:00 pm. Its use is often quite subjective.
  • In Australia, the word "arvo" has the same meaning as afternoon.
  • This should not be confused with after noon (two words) a translation of post meridiem (p.m.) as used in the 12-hour clock a time of day from noon to midnight.

 
Translations: Translations for: Afternoon

Dansk (Danish)
n. - eftermiddag
adv. - om eftermiddagen
int. - god eftermiddag

Nederlands (Dutch)
middag

Français (French)
n. - après-midi
adv. - de l'après-midi
int. - bonjour, au revoir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nachmittag
adv. - nachmittags...
int. - Guten Tag

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόγευμα, απομεσήμερο

Italiano (Italian)
pomeriggio

idioms:

  • good afternoon    buon pomeriggio, buon giorno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tarde (f)

Русский (Russian)
время после полудня

Español (Spanish)
n. - mediodía, tarde
adv. - de tarde
int. - a la tarde

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - eftermiddag

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
午后, 下午, 下午的, 晚期, 下午好!

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 午後, 下午
adv. - 下午的, 晚期
int. - 下午好!

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 오후
adv. - 오후에
int. - 안녕!

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 午後

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألجزء ألأخير من فترة بعد الظهر, ألأصيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אחר-הצהרים, חלק מאוחר של תקופה‬
adv. - ‮אחר-הצהרים‬
int. - ‮אחר-צהריים טובים! (ברכה)‬


 
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