afro
See also: Afro, afro-, and Afro-
English
Musician Billy Preston with an Afro in 1974
Alternative forms
- Afro
Etymology
From Afro-. In relation to the sense 2, see latino and anglo.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæf.ɹoʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
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
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- 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), page 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, 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, page 1:
- Afrodescendants (or simply Afros) are the descendants of Africans who were dispersed.
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Synonyms
- (hairstyle): 'fro
- (person of African descent): Afrodescendant
Derived terms
- Afro comb
- afroed
- Afro pick
Translations
hairstyle
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See also
- Jewfro
Anagrams
- Faro, Fårö, RAFO, faro, fora
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈafro]
- Hyphenation: af‧ro
Noun
afro n
- A hairstyle characterized by a tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
- Dominik Feri shodil své legendární afro[1]
Declension
Declension of afro
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | afro | afra |
| genitive | afra | afer |
| dative | afru | afrům |
| accusative | afro | afra |
| vocative | afro | afra |
| locative | afru | afrech |
| instrumental | afrem | afry |
References
- https://www.novinky.cz/domaci/clanek/dominik-feri-shodil-sve-legendarni-afro-40362065, June 2, 2021.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English afro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaː.froː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: afro
Noun
afro m (plural afro's, diminutive afrootje n)
- afro, fro
Derived terms
- afrokapsel
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowing from English afro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑfro/, [ˈɑfro̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑfro
- Syllabification(key): af‧ro
Noun
afro
- afro (hairstyle)
Declension
| Inflection of afro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | afroin | |
| abessive | afrotta | afroitta | |
| comitative | — | afroineen | |
| Possessive forms of afro (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | afroni | afromme |
| 2nd person | afrosi | afronne |
| 3rd person | afronsa | |
Synonyms
- afrokampaus
Compounds
- afrokampaus
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
afro m (plural afros)
- afro (hairstyle)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.fro/
- Rhymes: -afro
- Hyphenation: à‧fro
Etymology 1
Uncertain.
Adjective
afro (feminine afra, masculine plural afri, feminine plural afre)
- (literary) sharp, tart, sour, acerbic, bitter
- Synonyms: aspro, (literary) lazzo
- 13th century, “Libro quinto, Cap. ⅩⅢ. Delle Melagrane”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture], 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
- afro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Adjective
afro (feminine afra, masculine plural afri, feminine plural afre)
- (literary) African
- Synonym: africano
- (Can we date this quote?)Moreto, Venice, translation of Moretum, published 1827, page 7:
- […] questa
Era unica servente, afra di stirpe- She was the only servant, African in descent
- 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
- afro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- faro, farò, fora
Latin
Adjective
āfrō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of āfer
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English afro.
Noun
afro m (definite singular afroen, indefinite plural afroar, definite plural afroane)
- an afro
References
- “afro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- afro, afro-, fora, fóra, fòra, fôra, ofra
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English afro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaf.rɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -afrɔ
- Syllabification: af‧ro
Noun
afro n (indeclinable)
- afro (hairstyle)
Further reading
- afro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- afro in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Adjective
afro (invariable)
- African (of African culture)
Romanian
Etymology
From French afro or English afro.
Adjective
afro m or f or n (indeclinable)
- afro
Declension
Declension of afro (invariable)
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | afro | afro | afro | afro | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | afro | afro | afro | afro | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
Adverb
afro
- afro
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈafɾo/ [ˈa.fɾo]
- Rhymes: -afɾo
- Syllabification: a‧fro
Noun
afro m (plural afros)
- afro (hairstyle)
Further reading
- “afro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014