afront

From a- + front.

afront (not comparable)

1. in front; face to face

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!

Deverbal from afrontar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈfɾon]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈfɾont]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈfɾont]

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afront m (plural afronts)

1. affront
2. shame, dishonour

• “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)

Borrowed from French affront. First attested in 1666.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.frɔnt/

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• Rhymes: -afrɔnt
• Syllabification: a‧front

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

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

Borrowed from French affront.

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

afront n (plural afronturi)

1. affront, public insult

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