afront

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der.

Proto-Germanic *an

Proto-West Germanic *ana

Old English on

Middle English an

Middle English a-

English a-

Latin frontem

Old French frontbor.

Middle English frount

English front

English afront

From a- + front.

Adverb

afront (not comparable)

1. in front; face to face

Preposition

afront

1. in front of
   • a. 1597, William Shakespeare, 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!

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from afrontar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əˈfɾun]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈfɾont]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈfɾon]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈfɾont]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [aˈfɾon]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

afront m (plural afronts)

1. affront
2. shame, dishonour

Further reading

• “afront”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “afront”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “afront” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “afront”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French affront. First attested in 1666.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.frɔnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -afrɔnt
• Syllabification: a‧front

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

Further reading

• “afront”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “afront”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French affront.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

afront n (plural afronturi)

1. affront, public insult

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	afront	afrontul	afronturi	afronturile
genitive-dative	afront	afrontului	afronturi	afronturilor
vocative	afrontule		afronturilor

Further reading

• “afront”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026