African-American
African-American · African-Americans
чорний, негр, чорношкірий
чёрный, чёрная, негр
Schwarz, Schwarze, Schwarzer
A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African descentA member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.
/ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/
Meaning
2 sensesA member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.
(US, broadly, offensive, proscribed, sometimes)Any black American person; by extension, any black person.
Afroamerikaner, Afro-Amerikaner, Afroamerikanerin
афро-америка́нецafro-amerikánec, афро-америка́нкаafro-amerikánka, чёрный америка́нецčórnyj amerikánec
афроамерика́нецьafroamerykánecʹ, афроамерика́нкаafroamerykánka
More definitions
- a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today
Translations
7 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
A black American:
Русский
By meaning 1
A black American:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
A black American:
Origin
Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common usePatterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s.
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