Aft — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail

at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæmboʊdʒ/

🇬🇧British English

/blˈeɪdz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/blˈeɪdz/

1 syllable Say it as /kˈæmboʊdʒ/.

Examples

stow the luggage aft
ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft
the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

abaft astern

Antonyms

fore

Parts of Speech

adjective	(nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
adverb	at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane “stow the luggage aft”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

achtern

(nautisch, luftfahrttechnisch) am oder zum Heck oder Heck hin gelegen

🇫🇷French

à l'arrière

(nautique, aéronautique) situé au niveau ou vers la poupe ou la queue

🇪🇸Spanish

en popa

(náutica, aeronáutica) situada en o hacia la popa o cola

🇮🇹Italian

a poppa

(nautico, aeronautico) situato a o verso la poppa o la coda

🇳🇱Dutch

achter

(nautisch, luchtvaart) gelegen op of richting de achtersteven of staart

🇵🇹Portuguese

popa

(náutico, aeronáutico) situado na ou em direção à popa ou cauda

🇷🇺Russian

кормовая часть

(морской, воздушный) расположенный на корме или хвосте или ближе к нему

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पिछाड़ी

(समुद्री, वैमानिक) स्टर्न या पूंछ पर या उसकी ओर स्थित

🇧🇩Bengali

পিছনে

(নটিক্যাল, অ্যারোনটিক্যাল) স্টার্ন বা লেজের দিকে বা দিকে অবস্থিত

🇮🇳Tamil

பின்

(கடல், வானூர்தி) ஸ்டெர்ன் அல்லது வாலில் அல்லது நோக்கி அமைந்துள்ளது

🇮🇳Telugu

వెనుక

(నాటికల్, ఏరోనాటికల్) దృఢమైన లేదా తోక వద్ద లేదా వైపు ఉంది

🇮🇳Marathi

मागे

(नॉटिकल, एरोनॉटिकल) स्टर्न किंवा शेपटीवर किंवा दिशेने स्थित आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

પાછળ

(નૉટિકલ, એરોનોટિકલ) સ્ટર્ન અથવા પૂંછડી પર અથવા તેની તરફ સ્થિત છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಂದೆ

(ನಾಟಿಕಲ್, ಏರೋನಾಟಿಕಲ್) ಸ್ಟರ್ನ್ ಅಥವಾ ಬಾಲದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಅಥವಾ ಕಡೆಗೆ ನೆಲೆಗೊಂಡಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പിന്നിൽ

(നോട്ടിക്കൽ, എയറോനോട്ടിക്കൽ) അമരത്തോ വാലിലോ സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਿੱਛੇ

(ਨਟੀਕਲ, ਐਰੋਨੌਟਿਕਲ) ਸਟਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਪੂਛ 'ਤੇ ਜਾਂ ਵੱਲ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

پیچھے

(بحری، ایروناٹیکل) سخت یا دم کی طرف یا اس کی طرف واقع ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

船尾

（航海、航空）位于或朝向船尾或尾部

🇯🇵Japanese

後部

(航海用、航空用) 船尾または尾部またはその近くに位置する

🇰🇷Korean

후미

(해상, 항공) 선미 또는 꼬리 부분에 위치

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phía sau

(hàng hải, hàng không) nằm ở hoặc về phía đuôi tàu hoặc đuôi

🇹🇭Thai

ท้ายเรือ

(การเดินเรือ, การบิน) ซึ่งอยู่ที่หรือไปทางท้ายเรือหรือหาง

🇮🇩Indonesian

buritan

(Bahari, aeronautika) terletak di atau menuju buritan atau ekor

🇵🇭Filipino

nasa likuran

(nautical, aeronautical) na matatagpuan sa o patungo sa stern o buntot

🇲🇾Malay

belakang

(nautika, aeronautik) terletak di atau ke arah buritan atau ekor

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الخلف

(بحري، جوي) يقع عند المؤخرة أو الذيل أو باتجاههما

🇮🇷Persian

پشت

(دریانوردی، هوانوردی) واقع در یا رو به عقب یا دم

🇹🇷Turkish

kıç

(denizcilik, havacılık) kıç veya kuyruğa doğru veya buna doğru konumlandırılmış

🇮🇱Hebrew

אחורי

(יומי, אווירונאוטי) ממוקם בירכתי או לכיוון הירכתיים או הזנב

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