African-American

Meaning

Noun

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

Adj

1. Pertaining to the African-American ethnicity.
2. (US, broadly, offensive, proscribed, sometimes) Black.
3. Of or pertaining to the culture of African-American people.

Synonyms

Afro-American

black

Black American

African American

African

brother

👨‍👦

Black

Negro

Negroid

nigger

Translations

afro-américain

afro-americano

Afroamerikaner

afroamericano

afro-américaine

afroamerikanisch

Afro-Américain

Afroamerikanerin

afroamericano

afroamericana

Afro-Amerikaan

Afro-Amerikaans

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈæfɹʷɪkən əˈmɛɹʷɪkən]

Etymology

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