African

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Of or pertaining to Africa.
2. Black; (dated, offensive) synonym of negroid.

Noun

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

Conceptos

africano

africana

áfrico

Sinónimos

black

Africa

Afro

Negro

rosewood tree

ACP states

Caribbean and Pacitic states

Moor

african

African-American

black man

Traducciones

africain

africano

Africain

africano

africà

afrikanisch

Afrikaner

Afrikaans

Africaine

αφρικανικός

Afrikanerin

Afrikaan

Αφρικανός

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: -

Heredado de inglés antiguo: -

In summary

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 modern Tunisia), with the suffix -icus. āfricānus is formed by addition of the -ānus suffix.
By surface analysis, Africa + -an.

Oraciones

He leads the African Academy of Sciences Grand Challenges Africa Programme .

Dirige el Programa de África Grand Academia de Ciencias de Africana.