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African-American en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s.

Meanings

  1. Of a person, pertaining to the African-American ethnicity.
    • The rioters overshadowed the message of peaceful protesters on prior days: They had called for justice for Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man who died from spinal injuries after police arrested him this month. 2015 April 28, Ben Brumfield, “Baltimore riots: A few people tried to stop the unrest”, in CNN:
  2. (US, broadly, of a person, offensive, proscribed, sometimes) Black.
  3. Of or pertaining to the culture of African-American people.
    • African-American music

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most African-American Degree=Sup lexicographic
more African-American Degree=Cmp lexicographic
African American alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

Afro-American

Translations (29)

ca afroamericana (American and black) · oc afroamerican (American and black) · sco Afro-American (American and black) · gl afroamericano (American and black) · ro afro-american (American and black) · ka აფრო-ამერიკელი (American and black) · fi afroamerikkalainen (American and black) · ro afroamerican (American and black) · de afro-amerikanisch (American and black) · ca afroamericà (American and black) · pt afro-americano (American and black) · ar أمريكية إفريقية (American and black) · ar أمريكي إفريقي (American and black) · es afroamericana (American and black) · es afroamericano (American and black) · fi afrikkalaisamerikkalainen (American and black) · sv afroamerikansk (American and black) · hu afroamerikai (American and black) · ru афроамериканский (American and black) · ka აფროამერიკელი (American and black) · fr afro-américaine (American and black) · gl afroamericana (American and black) · pl afroamerykański (American and black) · sw Mwafrika Mmarekani (American and black) · oc afroamericana (American and black) · de afroamerikanisch (American and black) · nl Afro-Amerikaans (American and black) · cs afroamerický (American and black) · fr afro-américain (American and black)

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African-American en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s.

Meanings

  1. A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.
  2. (US, broadly, offensive, proscribed, sometimes) Any black American person; by extension, any black person.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
African American alternative lexicographic
African-Americans Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Africoon-Americoon

Hypernyms

person of color · nonwhite

Synonyms

colored person · BIPOC · colored · colored · nigger · Negro · black · minority · nonwhite · darky · Afromerican · Afro-American · person of color · unbleached American · BME

Translations (59)

eo afrik-usonano (A black American) · fi afrikkalaisamerikkalainen (A black American) · lt afroamerikiẽtė (A black American) · lv afroamerikāne (A black American) · sh Afroamerikanac (A black American) · be афраамерыканец (A black American) · ru афро-америка́нка (A black American) · cmn 美國黑人 /美国黑人 (A black American) · es afroamericana (A black American) · nb afroamerikaner (A black American) · cic hattak losa' (A black American) · fr Afro-Américaine (A black American) · uk афроамерика́нка (A black American) · de Afro-Amerikanerin (A black American) · sw Mwafrika Mmarekani (A black American) · ru афро-америка́нец (A black American) · pt afro-americana (A black American) · lv afroamerikānis (A black American) · ar أمريكي إفريقي (A black American) · fr Afro-Américain (A black American) · ru америка́нская негритя́нка (A black American) · cs Afroameričan (A black American) · fi afroamerikkalainen (A black American) · gl afroamericana (A black American) · el αφροαμερικανός (A black American) · ru чёрный америка́нец (A black American) · es afroamericano (A black American) · sw wamarekani wa kiafrika (A black American) · sco Afro-American (A black American) · sh Afroamerikanka (A black American) · ar أمريكية إفريقية (A black American) · sv afroamerikan (A black American) · oc afroamerican (A black American) · ru чёрная америка́нка (A black American) · chn ɬiʔil-tilixam (A black American) · ca afroamericana (A black American) · pt afro-americano (A black American) · sw wamarekani weusi (A black American) · ru америка́нский негр (A black American) · ro afroamericană (A black American) · gl afroamericano (A black American) · uk афроамерика́нець (A black American) · de Afro-Amerikaner (A black American) · ga meiriceánaigh afracacha (A black American) · cs Afroameričanka (A black American) · cmn 非裔美國人 /非裔美国人 (A black American) · pl Afroamerykanka (A black American) · lt afroamerikiẽtis (A black American) · oc afroamericana (A black American) · ja アフリカ系アメリカ人 (A black American) · nl Afro-Amerikaan (A black American) · de Afroamerikaner (A black American) · chn ɬiʔil-man (A black American) · ht Afriken-Ameriken (A black American) · ca afroamericà (A black American) · pl Afroamerykanin (A black American) · hu afroamerikai (A black American) · de Afroamerikanerin (A black American) · ro afroamerican (A black American)

wikipedia: Jesse Jackson