afro
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Afro-. In relation to the sense 2, see latino and anglo.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæf.ɹoʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
afro (plural afros)
- hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
- 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 335:
- sheʼd been unmissable sitting in the front row of the lecture theatre with a crazy-ass afro and stunning face
- A person of African ancestry
- 2012, Kevin K. Gates, American Africans in Ghana: Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era, University of North Carolina Press (2006), pages 142–143:
- The Ghanaian government employed several Afros, as many of the expatriates called themselves, downplaying their Americanness, in ideological and infrastructure-building occupations.
- 2022, Beatrice Materu, “The African Americans who chose to return to Africa”, in The EastAfrican[1], page 1:
- At the height of the American civil rights agitation, a number of members of the Black Panther movement moved to Tanzania, and lived outside Arusha where they formed a community, calling themselves ‘’Afros.’’
- 2022, Jun Takahara, “Say It Loud — I’m Afro and I’m Proud: Why we need to replace our racial identity labels with (pan-)ethnic ones”, in Medium[2], page 1:
- Afrodescendants (or simply Afros) are the descendants of Africans who were dispersed.
Synonyms edit
- (hairstyle): 'fro
- (person of African descent): Afrodescendant
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
hairstyle
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Czech edit
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Noun edit
afro n
- a hairstyle characterized by a tightly curled locks and a rounded shape
- Dominik Feri shodil své legendární afro[1]
Declension edit
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
afro m (plural afro's, diminutive afrootje n)
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
afro
- afro (hairstyle)
Declension edit
Inflection of afro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | afro | afrot | ||
genitive | afron | afrojen | ||
partitive | afroa | afroja | ||
illative | afroon | afroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | afro | afrot | ||
accusative | nom. | afro | afrot | |
gen. | afron | |||
genitive | afron | afrojen | ||
partitive | afroa | afroja | ||
inessive | afrossa | afroissa | ||
elative | afrosta | afroista | ||
illative | afroon | afroihin | ||
adessive | afrolla | afroilla | ||
ablative | afrolta | afroilta | ||
allative | afrolle | afroille | ||
essive | afrona | afroina | ||
translative | afroksi | afroiksi | ||
abessive | afrotta | afroitta | ||
instructive | — | afroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “afro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
afro m (plural afros)
- afro (hairstyle)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain.
Adjective edit
afro (feminine afra, masculine plural afri, feminine plural afre)
- (literary) sharp, tart, sour, acerbic, bitter
- 13th century, “Libro quinto, Cap. ⅩⅢ. Delle Melagrane”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture][4], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 236:
- Ed è da sapere, che le melagrane sono di quattro parti composte, le quali tutte sono afre e lazze.
- And it must be known that pomegranates are composed of four parts, which are all sharp and tart [in taste].
Further reading edit
- afro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
afro (feminine afra, masculine plural afri, feminine plural afre)
- (literary) African
- Synonym: africano
- 1809, Vincenzo Monti, La palingenesi politica, Milan, page 24:
- […] e l’afra madre […] partorisce i figli.
- and the African mother gives birth to the children
Further reading edit
- afro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Adjective edit
āfrō
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
afro m (definite singular afroen, indefinite plural afroar, definite plural afroane)
- an afro
References edit
- “afro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
afro n (indeclinable)
- afro (hairstyle)
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧fro
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
afro m (plural afros)
- afro (hairstyle)
- Synonym: black power
Etymology 2 edit
From afro-.
Adjective edit
afro (invariable)
- African (of African culture)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French afro or English afro.
Adjective edit
afro m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension edit
Declension of afro (invariable)
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | afro | afro | afro | afro | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | afro | afro | afro | afro | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
Adverb edit
afro
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
afro m (plural afros)
- afro (hairstyle)
Further reading edit
- “afro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014