afront

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!

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaf.rɔnt/

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• Rhymes: -afrɔnt
• Syllabification: af‧ront

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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• afront in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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)