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African en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈæf.ɹə.kən/ weak vowel merger
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/

Etymology

Attested as a noun in early New English Aphricane, Africans (plural), Middle English as Affrican, Aufrican and Old English as Africanas (“Africans”) (only plural). From Latin āfricānae, from āfricānus, from Āfricus. The adjective appears in the 16th century, as Affricane, Africane, African. Latin Āfricus is from Āfri (singular Āfer), the name of an ancient people of North Africa (near Carthage, in Tunisia), with the suffix -icus. āfricānus is formed by addition of the -ānus suffix. By surface analysis, Africa + -an.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to Africa.
   • Spain’s Melilla, one of two small exclaves of EU land on the African continent, has long been the strongest distillation of fortress Europe. 2022 March 10, Daniel Howden, “Europe has rediscovered compassion for refugees – but only if they’re white”, in The Guardian:
2. Black; (dated, offensive) synonym of negroid.
   • In vivo and in vitro approaches in understanding the differences between Caucasian and African skin types: […] 2013, Stem Cells—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition, ScholarlyEditions, →ISBN, page 311:
   • The truth is that I know the guy had African skin and a shirt of some sort.

Forms

Deriveds

African oak · African wild ass · African hoopoe · African golden wolf · African elephant · Africanness · African palm civet · African wolf · giant African land snail · African wild donkey · Africoon · African crested porcupine · Central African · African Lion Dog · African net sponge · African skimmer · African warbler · African custard apple · Africanity · African cypress · East African · African pygmy goose · Africanize · Afropean · African helmeted turtle · afro · African baobab · African walnut · East African lowland honey bee · Africoon-Americoon · Africunt · African milk tree · Africanisation · Central African Federation · African buffalo · African Lion Hound · Affrilachia · Africanise · Africaness · Blafrican · African teak · North African · African-American · African millet · African dwarf sawshark · African lungfish · African glass catfish · African horse sickness · Africanfuturism · Eurafrican · African bee · African English · African Romance · African rue · African lethargy · African bullfrog · African golden cat · African time · African crake · Afristocrat · African spotted creeper · Northeast African cheetah · African long-tailed shrike · Afrimerican · African manatee · Slavfrican · African barbet · Affrilachian · African golf · Afristocracy · African angelshark · African harrier-hawk · African jack · African penguin · South African · Indo-African · African myrrh · Apefrica · African pygmy goat · African linden · Africanist · Africanoid · African hemp · African civet · African Latin · Africanization · African't · African Shorthair · African sand fox · African cherry orange · human African trypanosomiasis · African Zionism · African-like · African openbill · African mango · African lily · African broadbill · African Union · Central African Republic · Africanlike · African boxthorn · African blackwood · Afrocoon · African cardamom · Africanesque · African swine fever virus · West African manatee · African sharptooth catfish · animal African trypanosomiasis · African linsang · African snail · African marigold · African milk barrel · African whitewood · African hobby · African unicorn · Africanjujuism · African violet · African lioness · Africanish · Eurasiafrican · Halfrican · African hunting dog · Pan-African · southern African frilled shark · Afrabian · West African hemorrhagic fever · African massage · African pearwood · African spurred tortoise · African sugar cane · Negro-African · African pear · African ginger · African anteater · African emerald cuckoo

Hyponyms

Mozambican · Maghrebi · Zimbabwean · Congolese · Ethiopian · Ugandan

Translations (91)

vo Fikopik (of or pertaining to Africa) · sv afrikansk (of or pertaining to Africa) · haw ʻApelika (of or pertaining to Africa) · hu afrikai (of or pertaining to Africa) · or ଆଫ୍ରିକୀୟ (of or pertaining to Africa) · ps افريقايي (of or pertaining to Africa) · tr Afrikalı (of or pertaining to Africa) · da afrikansk (of or pertaining to Africa) · sk africký (of or pertaining to Africa) · it africano (of or pertaining to Africa) · pt africano (of or pertaining to Africa) · ar إِفْرِيقِيّ (of or pertaining to Africa) · hi हब्शी (of or pertaining to Africa) · tl Aprikahin (of or pertaining to Africa) · kk африкалық (of or pertaining to Africa) · ja アフリカの (of or pertaining to Africa) · sh afrìkānskī (of or pertaining to Africa) · be афрыка́нскі (of or pertaining to Africa) · ur اَفْرِیقی (of or pertaining to Africa) · uz afrikalik (of or pertaining to Africa) · la āfricānus (of or pertaining to Africa) · lt afrikietiškas (of or pertaining to Africa) · ro african (of or pertaining to Africa) · am አፍሪካዊ (of or pertaining to Africa) · te ఆఫ్రికను (of or pertaining to Africa) · sh àfričkī (of or pertaining to Africa) · ast africanu (of or pertaining to Africa) · yi אַפֿריקאַניש (of or pertaining to Africa) · vi Phi Châu (of or pertaining to Africa) · lv afrikānis (of or pertaining to Africa) · ti ኣፍሪቃዊ (of or pertaining to Africa) · la āfricus (of or pertaining to Africa) · uk африка́нський (of or pertaining to Africa) · mk африкански (of or pertaining to Africa) · ar أَفْرِيقِيّ (of or pertaining to Africa) · de afrikanisch (of or pertaining to Africa) · fo afrikanskur (of or pertaining to Africa) · ky африкалык (of or pertaining to Africa) · nb afrikansk (of or pertaining to Africa) · th แอฟริกา (of or pertaining to Africa) · scn fricanu (apheretic, subseded) (of or pertaining to Africa) · sq afrikan (of or pertaining to Africa) · nl Afrikaans (of or pertaining to Africa) · scn africanu (of or pertaining to Africa) · fi afrikkalainen (of or pertaining to Africa) · mn африк (of or pertaining to Africa) · kmr Efrîqayî (of or pertaining to Africa) · bg африка́нски (of or pertaining to Africa) · cs africký (of or pertaining to Africa) · gd Afragach (of or pertaining to Africa) · lv afrikāņu (of or pertaining to Africa) · vi Châu Phi (of or pertaining to Africa) · mr आफ्रिकन (of or pertaining to Africa) · oc african (of or pertaining to Africa) · el αφρικανικός (of or pertaining to Africa) · hi अफ़्रीकी (of or pertaining to Africa) · sq harapes (of or pertaining to Africa) · ka აფრიკული (of or pertaining to Africa) · tk afrikaly (of or pertaining to Africa) · cmn 非洲的 (of or pertaining to Africa) · ug ئافرىقىلىق (of or pertaining to Africa) · cy Affricanaidd (of or pertaining to Africa) · tg африқоӣ (of or pertaining to Africa) · fa-ira آفْریقایی (of or pertaining to Africa) · sh афрѝка̄нскӣ (of or pertaining to Africa) · et Aafrika (of or pertaining to Africa) · fr africain (of or pertaining to Africa) · hy աֆրիկական (of or pertaining to Africa) · sh а̀фричкӣ (of or pertaining to Africa) · he אַפְרִיקַאי (of or pertaining to Africa) · vo Frikopik (of or pertaining to Africa) · my အာဖရိကန် (of or pertaining to Africa) · pl afrykański (of or pertaining to Africa) · ru африка́нский (of or pertaining to Africa) · is afrískur (of or pertaining to Africa) · hy աֆրիկյան (of or pertaining to Africa) · gl africano (of or pertaining to Africa) · km អាហ្វ្រិក (of or pertaining to Africa) · ga Afracach (of or pertaining to Africa) · io Afrikana (of or pertaining to Africa) · sl afriški (of or pertaining to Africa) · ca africà (of or pertaining to Africa) · az afrikalı (of or pertaining to Africa) · es africano (of or pertaining to Africa) · ko 아프리카의 (of or pertaining to Africa) · lo ອາຟຣິກກາ (of or pertaining to Africa) · la āfer (of or pertaining to Africa) · lt afrikiečių (of or pertaining to Africa) · bn আফ্রিকান (of or pertaining to Africa) · sw kiafrika (of or pertaining to Africa) · my အာဖရိက (of or pertaining to Africa)

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African en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæf.ɹə.kən/ weak vowel merger
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/

Etymology

Attested as a noun in early New English Aphricane, Africans (plural), Middle English as Affrican, Aufrican and Old English as Africanas (“Africans”) (only plural). From Latin āfricānae, from āfricānus, from Āfricus. The adjective appears in the 16th century, as Affricane, Africane, African. Latin Āfricus is from Āfri (singular Āfer), the name of an ancient people of North Africa (near Carthage, in Tunisia), with the suffix -icus. āfricānus is formed by addition of the -ānus suffix. By surface analysis, Africa + -an.

Meanings

1. A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
   • 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. 2007, African Immigrant Religions in America, →ISBN:
   • The Cameroonian’s case is unique as many Africans denied Schengen visas rarely appeal or contest the decisions in court. 2025 May 21, Larry Madowo, “Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024”, in CNN:
   • But new research suggests another possibility: all Africans may have ancestry from “West Eurasian” populations which moved back into Africa after the “Out of Africa” event ~50,000 years ago.[…] 2019, Razib Khan, Arabia between Africa and Eurasia:

Forms

Deriveds

Africanism

Hypernyms

human · person of color · man · inhabitant · person

Hyponyms

South African · Ceutan · Liberian · Djiboutian · Beninois · Togolese · Cameroonian · Equatorial Guinean · Burkinabe · Chadian · Maghrebi · Zairean · Ugandan · Beninese · Somalilander · Malawian · Nigerien · Burundian · West African · Mauritian · Tunisian · Ivorian · Congolese · Carthaginian · Santomean · Sudanese · Nigerian · Zimbabwean · Mauritanian · Eritrean · Saharan · Moroccan · Sierra Leonean · Somali · Cape Verdean · Comoran · Somalian · Central African · São Toméan · Sudanian · Malian · Senegalese · Seychellois · Melillan · Ambazonian · Swazi · South Sudanese · Bissau-Guinean · Sao Tomean · East African · Kenyan · Equatoguinean · Lesothan · Botswanan · Sub-Saharan · Gabonese · Algerian · North African · Reunionese · Egyptian · Ghanaian · Malagasy · Tanzanian · Zambian · Rwandan · Mahoran · Angolan · Gambian · Namibian · sub-Saharan · Guinean · Mozambican

Synonyms

Ethiop · Ethiopian · Libyan · African · Afro- · Aethiopian · Nubian · Ethiope

Translations (113)

grc Ἄφρος (a native of Africa) · br Afrikan (a native of Africa) · he אַפְרִיקַאי (a native of Africa) · cs Afričan (a native of Africa) · hi अफ़्रीकी (a native of Africa) · it africana (a native of Africa) · yue 非洲人 (a native of Africa) · ug ئافرىقىلىق (a native of Africa) · hy աֆրիկացի (a native of Africa) · sq afrikane (a native of Africa) · gl africana (a native of Africa) · uk африка́нець (a native of Africa) · fi afrikkalainen (a native of Africa) · kk африкалық (a native of Africa) · nl Afrikaan (a native of Africa) · ca africà (a native of Africa) · hi हब्शी (a native of Africa) · ka აფრიკელი (a native of Africa) · or ଆଫ୍ରିକୀୟ (a native of Africa) · fo afrikani (a native of Africa) · sw Mwafrika (a native of Africa) · sh Afrikánac (a native of Africa) · nl Afrikaanse (a native of Africa) · hsb Afričan (a native of Africa) · bg африка́нец (a native of Africa) · sl afričanka (a native of Africa) · sh Афрѝка̄нка (a native of Africa) · br Afrikanek (a native of Africa) · fr Africaine (a native of Africa) · uk африка́нка (a native of Africa) · tg африқоӣ (a native of Africa) · es africano (a native of Africa) · vi người Phi châu (a native of Africa) · ca africana (a native of Africa) · bg африка́нка (a native of Africa) · lt afrikietis (a native of Africa) · cy Affricanwr (a native of Africa) · nb afrikaner (a native of Africa) · frr aafrikooner (a native of Africa) · cmn 非洲人 (a native of Africa) · br Afrikanez (a native of Africa) · ky африканец (a native of Africa) · vo hi-Frikopan (a native of Africa) · ko 아프리카 사람 (a native of Africa) · my အာဖရိကတိုက်သူ (a native of Africa) · lt afrikietė (a native of Africa) · bn আফ্রিকান (a native of Africa) · oj makadewiiyaas (a native of Africa) · he אפריקאית (a native of Africa) · ky африкалык (a native of Africa) · ga Afracach (a native of Africa) · pt africana (a native of Africa) · oc african (a native of Africa) · ko 아프리카인 (a native of Africa) · sh Afrìkānka (a native of Africa) · is Afríkubúi (a native of Africa) · pl Afrykanka (a native of Africa) · ur اَفْرِیقی (a native of Africa) · st Moafrika (a native of Africa) · la Āfer (a native of Africa) · ro africană (a native of Africa) · pt africano (a native of Africa) · sk Afričan (a native of Africa) · ar إِفْرِيقِيَّة (a native of Africa) · ar إِفْرِيقِيّ (a native of Africa) · de Afrikanerin (a native of Africa) · io Afrikanino (a native of Africa) · ro african (a native of Africa) · sq afrikan (a native of Africa) · yi אַפֿריקאַנערין (a native of Africa) · io Afrikano (a native of Africa) · tr Afrikalı (a native of Africa) · ru африка́нец (a native of Africa) · vo Fikopel (a native of Africa) · lv afrikānis (a native of Africa) · uz afrikalik (a native of Africa) · mk Африканка (a native of Africa) · be афрыка́нка (a native of Africa) · sl afričan (a native of Africa) · hu afrikai (a native of Africa) · sv afrikan (a native of Africa) · af Afrikaan (a native of Africa) · fa-ira آفْریقایی (a native of Africa) · el Αφρικανός (a native of Africa) · fr Africain (a native of Africa) · lv afrikāniete (a native of Africa) · mk Африканец (a native of Africa) · vo ji-Frikopan (a native of Africa) · da afrikaner (a native of Africa) · it africano (a native of Africa) · es africana (a native of Africa) · be афрыка́нец (a native of Africa) · vi người châu Phi (a native of Africa) · nn afrikanar (a native of Africa) · pl Afrykanin (a native of Africa) · cs Afričanka (a native of Africa) · haw ʻApelika (a native of Africa) · yi אַפֿריקאַנער (a native of Africa) · te ఆఫ్రికను (a native of Africa) · az afrikalı (a native of Africa) · sk Afričanka (a native of Africa) · is Afríkumaður (a native of Africa) · ja アフリカ人 (a native of Africa) · hsb Afričanka (a native of Africa) · sh Африка́нац (a native of Africa) · io Afrikanulo (a native of Africa) · ru африка́нка (a native of Africa) · gl africano (a native of Africa) · de Afrikaner (a native of Africa) · vo Frikopan (a native of Africa) · ps افريقايي (a native of Africa) · tk afrikaly (a native of Africa) · el Αφρικανή (a native of Africa)

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