aftershave
noun
aftershave is a noun meaning “a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-F-T-E-R-S-H-A-V-E and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of aftershave is aftershaves.
What does aftershave mean?
noun
- 1
a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce aftershave?
Aftershave has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aftershave.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aftershave
- aftershaves plural
- after-shave
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aftershave?
Aftershave appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with aftershave
Also written: after-shave (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Aftershave in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense lotion, gel or liquid:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | après-rasage |
| German | Aftershave, Rasierwasser |
| Portuguese | pós-barba |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aftershave come from?
From after- + shave.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).