good afternoon
good afternoon phrase: a greeting or farewell said in the afternoon.
Phrase
good afternoon
- A greeting or farewell said in the afternoon.
- Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming to our special meeting today.
- Jeeves: Good afternoon, madam.
Landlady: Don't you good afternoon me. I'm a respectable woman.
Jeeves: I have no reason to doubt it, madam.1992 April 5, “The Full House”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2
good afternoon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
good afternoon in Hindi
- greeting said in the afternoon
- नमस्ते namaste, शुभ दोपहर śubh dopahar, गुड आफ़्टरनून guḍ āfṭarnūn
good afternoon in Tamil
- good afternoon
- பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் piṟpakal vaṇakkam, மதிய வணக்கம் matiya vaṇakkam
good afternoon in Urdu
- greeting said in the afternoon
- دوپَہَر بَخَیر dopahar baxair, گُڈ آفْٹَرْنُون guḍ āfṭarnūn, سَلام عَلَیکُم salām 'alaikum, سہ پہر بخیر seh pahr baxair
good afternoon in Bengali
- greeting said in the afternoon
- শুভ অপরাহ্ন śubho oporahno
More languagesFewer languages
- good afternoon in Kannada
- ನಲ್ ನಡುಹೊತ್ತು
- good afternoon in Tagalog
- magandang hapon, magandang tanghali
- good afternoon in Arabic
- مَسَاء الْخَيْر masāʔ al-ḵayr, مَسَاء النُّور masāʔ an-nūr, السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُم as-salāmu ʕalaykum, نَهَارُكُم سَعِيد nahārukum saʕīd
- good afternoon in Malay
- selamat petang
- good afternoon in Indonesian
- selamat siang, selamat sore
- good afternoon in Thai
- สวัสดี sà-wàt-dii
Origin of good afternoon
Probably a shortening of "I wish you a good afternoon."
Questions about good afternoon
- What does good afternoon mean?
- Good afternoon means a greeting or farewell said in the afternoon.
- What is good afternoon in Hindi?
- Good afternoon in Hindi is नमस्ते (namaste), शुभ दोपहर (śubh dopahar), गुड आफ़्टरनून (guḍ āfṭarnūn). See Good afternoon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is good afternoon?
- Good afternoon is a phrase.
Words near good afternoon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: good afternoon (page history and authors); பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); good afternoon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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