African

See also: african and Afričan

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• Afrikan (sometimes used in AAVE)
• Afric (poetic, archaic)

EtymologyEdit

Attested as a noun in Old English as Africanas ‎(“Africans”) (only plural). From Latin Africānae. In Middle English as Aufrican, early Modern English Aphricane, Africans. The adjective appears in the 16th century, as Affricane, Africane, African.

Latin Africus is from Afri (singular Afer), the name of an ancient people of North Africa (near Carthage, in modern Tunisia), with the suffix -icus. Africānus is formed by addition of the -ānus suffix.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/

AdjectiveEdit

African ‎(comparative more African, superlative most African)

1. Of or pertaining to Africa.
2. Synonym of negroid

   The truth is that I know the guy had African skin and a shirt of some sort.‎

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

African elephant African hemp African marigold African oak African penguin

African teak African time African violet North African South African

HyponymsEdit

• Maghrebi
• Congolese
• Ethiopian
• Ugandan
• Zimbabwean
• Mozambican

TranslationsEdit

Of or pertaining to Africa

• Albanian: afrikan (sq) m
• Arabic: إِفْرِيقِيّ ‎(ʾifrīqiyy)
• Asturian: africanu (ast)
• Belarusian: афрыка́нскі ‎(afrykánski)
• Bulgarian: африкански ‎(afrikanski)
• Catalan: africà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非洲的 (zh) ‎(Fēizhōu de)

• Czech: africký (cs) m
• Danish: afrikansk
• Dutch: Afrikaans (nl)
• Faroese: afrikanskur
• Finnish: afrikkalainen (fi)
• French: africain (fr)
• Galician: africano (gl)
• German: afrikanisch (de)
• Greek: αφρικανικός (el) ‎(afrikanikós)
• Hawaiian: ʻApelika
• Hebrew: אפריקאי ‎(afrikái)
• Hungarian: afrikai (hu)
• Ido: Afrikana (io)
• Irish: Afracach
• Italian: africano (it)
• Japanese: アフリカの (ja) ‎(Afurika-no)
• Korean: 아프리카의 (ko) ‎(Apeurika-ui)

• Latin: Afer, Africus (la), Africanus
• Latvian: afrikāņu, afrikānis
• Lithuanian: afrikiečių, afrikietiškas (lt)
• Mongolian: африк ‎(afrik)
• Norwegian: afrikansk (no)
• Occitan: african
• Oriya: ଆଫ୍ରିକୀୟ
• Persian: آفریقایی (fa) ‎(âfriqâyi)
• Polish: afrykański (pl) m
• Portuguese: africano (pt)
• Romanian: african (ro)
• Russian: африка́нский (ru) ‎(afrikánskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Afragach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: афрички m

  Roman: afrički (sh) m

• Slovak: africký (sk) m
• Slovene: afriški (sl) m
• Spanish: africano (es)
• Swahili: mwafrika (sw)
• Swedish: afrikansk (sv)
• Tagalog: Aprikahin
• Telugu: ఆఫ్రికను ‎(āphrikanu)
• Ukrainian: африка́нський (uk) ‎(afrykánsʹkyj)
• Volapük: Frikopik (vo), (obsolete) Fikopik
• Welsh: Affricanaidd
• Yiddish: אַפֿריקאַניש ‎(afrikanish)

NounEdit

African ‎(plural Africans)

1. A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
   • 2007, African Immigrant Religions in America (ISBN 0814762409):

     Africans constitute significantly growing populations not only in major urban centers such as New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Atlanta but also in small and midsize cities in states such as Ohio and Maine.

HyponymsEdit

• sub-Saharan, Maghrebi

TranslationsEdit

a native of Africa

• Afrikaans: Afrikaan (af)
• Albanian: afrikan (sq) m, afrikane (sq) f
• Arabic: إِفْرِيقِيّ m ‎(ʾifrīqiyy), إِفْرِيقِيَّة f ‎(ʾifrīqiyya)
• Belarusian: афрыка́нец m ‎(afrykánjec), афрыка́нка f ‎(afrykánka)
• Breton: Afrikan m, Afrikanez f
• Bulgarian: африканец (bg) m ‎(afrikanec), африканка (bg) f ‎(afrikanka)
• Catalan: africà (ca) m, africana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非洲人 (zh) ‎(Fēizhōurén)

• Czech: Afričan (cs) m, Afričanka (cs) f
• Danish: afrikaner (da)
• Dutch: Afrikaan (nl) m, Afrikaanse (nl) f
• Faroese: afrikani m
• Finnish: afrikkalainen (fi)
• French: Africain (fr) m, Africaine (fr) f
• Galician: africano (gl) m, africana f
• German: Afrikaner (de) m, (female) Afrikanerin (de) f
• Greek: Αφρικανός (el) m ‎(Afrikanós), Αφρικανή f ‎(Afrikaní)
• Hawaiian: ʻApelika
• Hebrew: אפריקאי m ‎(afrikái), אפריקאית f ‎(afrikáit)
• Hungarian: afrikai (hu)
• Ido: (♂♀) Afrikano (io), (♂) Afrikanulo, (♀) Afrikanino
• Irish: Afracach m
• Italian: africano (it) m, africana (it) f
• Japanese: アフリカ人 ‎(Afurika-jin)
• Korean: 아프리카인 ‎(Apeurika-in), 아프리카 사람 ‎(Apeurika saram)
• Latvian: afrikānis m, afrikāniete f
• Lithuanian: afrikietis (lt) m, afrikietė (lt) f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: afrikaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: afrikanar (nn) m

• North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) aafrikooner m
• Occitan: african m
• Oriya: ଆଫ୍ରିକୀୟ
• Persian: آفریقایی (fa) ‎(âfriqâyi)
• Polish: Afrykanin (pl) m, Afrykanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: africano (pt) m, africana (pt) f
• Romanian: african (ro) m, africană (ro) f
• Russian: африка́нец (ru) m ‎(afrikánec), африка́нка (ru) f ‎(afrikánka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Африканац m, Афрѝка̄нка f

  Roman: Afrikanac (sh) m, Afrìkānka f

• Slovak: Afričan m, Afričanka (sk) f
• Slovene: afričan m, afričanka f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Afričan m, Afričanka f

• Sotho: Moafrika
• Spanish: africano (es) m, africana (es) f
• Swahili: Mwafrika (sw)
• Swedish: afrikan (sv) c
• Telugu: ఆఫ్రికను ‎(āphrikanu)
• Turkish: Afrikalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: африка́нець (uk) m ‎(afrykánecʹ), африка́нка f ‎(afrykánka)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Frikopan (vo), (♂) hi-Frikopan, (♀) ji-Frikopan (vo), (♂♀, obsolete) Fikopel
• Welsh: Affricanwr m
• Yiddish: אַפֿריקאַנער m ‎(afrikaner), אַפֿריקאַנערין f ‎(afrikanerin)

Derived termsEdit

• Africanism

AnagramsEdit

• Francia