afro

• Afro

From Afro-. In relation to the sense 2, see latino and anglo.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæf.ɹoʊ/

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afro (plural afros)

1. 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

2. 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.

• (hairstyle): 'fro
• (person of African descent): Afrodescendant

• Afro comb
• afroed
• Afro pick
• halfro

• Jewfro

• Faro, Fårö, RAFO, faro, fora

• IPA^(key): [ˈafro]
• Hyphenation: af‧ro

afro n

1. a hairstyle characterized by a tightly curled locks and a rounded shape

   Dominik Feri shodil své legendární afro^[1]

Borrowed from English afro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.froː/

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• Hyphenation: afro

afro m (plural afro's, diminutive afrootje n)

1. afro, fro

• afrokapsel

Borrowing from English afro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfro/, [ˈɑ̝fro̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑfro
• Syllabification^(key): af‧ro
• Hyphenation^(key): af‧ro

afro

1. afro (hairstyle)

• afrokampaus

• “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 2 July 2023

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afro m (plural afros)

1. afro (hairstyle)

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.fro/
• Rhymes: -afro
• Hyphenation: à‧fro

Uncertain.

afro (feminine afra, masculine plural afri, feminine plural afre)

1. (literary) sharp, tart, sour, acerbic, bitter

   Synonyms: aspro, (literary) lazzo

   • 13^th 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].

• afro¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

afro (feminine afra, masculine plural afri, feminine plural afre)

1. (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

• afro² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• faro, farò, fora

āfrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of āfer

From English afro.

afro m (definite singular afroen, indefinite plural afroar, definite plural afroane)

1. an afro

• “afro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• afro, afro-, fora, fóra, fòra, fôra, ofra

Borrowed from English afro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.frɔ/

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• Rhymes: -afrɔ
• Syllabification: a‧fro

afro n (indeclinable)

1. afro (hairstyle)

• afro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• afro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: a‧fro

Borrowed from English afro.

afro m (plural afros)

1. afro (hairstyle)

   Synonym: black power

From afro-.

afro (invariable)

1. African (of African culture)

Borrowed from French afro or English afro.

afro m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. afro

afro

1. afro

• IPA^(key): /ˈafɾo/ [ˈa.fɾo]
• Rhymes: -afɾo
• Syllabification: a‧fro

afro m (plural afros)

1. afro (hairstyle)

• “afro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024