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Definition: AFER |
AFERNoun1. The southwest wind. |
Date "AFER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references) |
Etymology: Afer \A"fer\, noun. [Latin expression]. (references) |
Crosswords: AFER |
| Etymologies containing "AFER": African. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AFER" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (African, Carthaginian, connected with Africa, inhabitant of north coast of Africa, of). |
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Screenplays | You gonna get used to wearin' them chains afer a while, Luke (Cool Hand Luke; writing credit: Donn Pearce) | |
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| "Afer the Rain" by Lynn Cummings Commentary: "As much as I love sunlight, once in a while a cloudy-day shot will turn out well." |
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| "AFER" is generally used as an adjective (comparative) -- approximately 42.86% of the time. "AFER" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (comparative) | 42.86% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 28.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 28.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "AFER": Orycteropus afer ♦ Publius Terentius Afer. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
afer | 19 |
afer orycteropus | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "AFER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | pigeon gris écailleux (Afer pigeon, African wood pigeon). (various references) | |
German | Kongotaube (Afer pigeon, African wood pigeon). (various references) | |
Italian | colombaccio africano (Afer pigeon, African wood pigeon). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aferay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 5, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Idwn de ton ihsoun apo makroqen edramen kai prosekunhsen autw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Videns autem Iesum a longe cucurrit et adoravit eum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Soðlice þa he þane hælend feorren ge-seah.he arn & hine ge-bæd. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he siy Jhesus afer, and ran, and worschipide hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | When he had spied Iesus afarre of he rane and worshipped him |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped him, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship; |
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| Language | Mark Chapter 5, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa pagkaalinggat niya kang Jesus gikan sa layo, siya midalagan ngadto kaniya ug misimba kaniya, |
| Chinese | 他 遠 遠 的 看 見 耶 穌 、 就 跑 過 去 拜 他 ． |
| Croatian | Kad izdaleka opazi Isusa, dotrèi i pokloni mu se, |
| Danish | Men da han så Jesus. Langt borte, løb han hen og kastede sig ned for ham |
| Dutch | Als hij nu Jezus van verre zag, liep hij toe, en aanbad Hem. |
| Finnish | Kun hän kaukaa näki Jeesuksen, juoksi hän ja kumartui maahan hänen eteensä |
| French | Ayant vu Jésus de loin, il accourut, se prosterna devant lui, |
| Gaelic | `Sa faicinn Iosa fad as, ruith e, `s thug e aoradh dha; |
| German | Da er aber Jesum sah von ferne, lief er zu und fiel vor ihm nieder, schrie laut und sprach: |
| Haitian Creole | Li te yon bèl distans lè li wè Jezi. Li kouri, li vin mete ajenou devan li. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketika dari jauh ia melihat Yesus datang, ia berlari-lari lalu sujud di hadapan Yesus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Akan tetapi, setelah dilihatnya Yesus dari jauh, berlarilah ia datang menyembah Dia, |
| Maori | A, i tona kitenga i a Ihu i tawhiti, oma ana ia, koropiko ana ki a ia. |
| Norwegian | Og da han så Jesus langt borte, løp han til og falt ned for ham, |
| Portuguese | Vendo, pois, de longe a Jesus, correu e adorou-o; |
| Rumanian | Cknd a vqzut pe Isus de departe, a alergat, I s`a knchinat, |
| Shuar | Tura yajayan Wáiniak Jesusan tseke tarimiayi; tura tikishmatramiayi. |
| Swahili | Alipomwona Yesu kwa mbali, alimkimbilia, akamwinamia |
| Swedish | När denne nu fick se Jesus på avstånd, skyndade han fram och föll ned för honom |
| Uma | Kampohilo-na Yesus ngkai molaa, pokeno-nami hilou mperapai-i, pai' -i mowingkotu' hi nyanyoa-na mponyompa-i. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "AFER": chafer, cockchafer, deafer, loafer, safer, strafer, wafer. (additional references) | |
Words containing "AFER": chafers, cockchafers, loafers, strafers, wafered, wafering, wafers, wafery. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "AFER" (pronounced 'A"fer'): Chauffer, Fierasfer, gaffer, gauffer, goffer, Outsuffer, Zaffer. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: fare, fear, frae. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-r" | |
-1 letter: are, arf, ear, era, far, fer, ref. | |
-2 letters: ae, ar, ef, er, fa, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-r" | |
+1 letter: afire, afore, after, facer, fader, faery, faker, farce, fared, farer, fares, farle, fears, feral, feria, feuar, flare, frame, freak, frena, safer, wafer. | |
+2 letters: aerify, afeard, afreet, afresh, afters, agrafe, barfed, carafe, chafer, dafter, deafer, defray, earful, fabler, facers, faders, faerie, fainer, faired, fairer, fakeer, fakers, fakery, faller, falser, falter, fanner, farced, farcer, farces, farcie, farded, fardel, farers, farfel, farles, farmed, farmer, faster, father, fatter, fawner, feared, fearer, feater, fedora, femora, ferbam, feriae, ferial, ferias, ferula, feuars, fiacre, flaker, flamer, flared, flares, flayer, florae, foamer, forage, fraena, fraise, framed, framer, frames, frappe, frater, frayed, freaks, freaky, furane, gaffer, hafter, infare, loafer, prefab, raffle, rafted, rafter, rarefy, reface, refall, strafe, trefah, wafers, wafery, wafter, zaffer, zaffre. | |
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