Meaning

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

    Afrolook, Afro

    а́фроáfro

    a rounded thickly curled hairdo

  2. A person of African ancestry.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Layla had afro hair.

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  2. Arabic anciently supplanted Ancient Egyptian, both languages belonging to the Afro-Asiatic language family.

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  3. Afro-Colombian and indigenous populations are disproportionately affected.

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  4. How cool would it be if Obama grew a nice, thick afro!

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  5. The Somali language is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family, belonging specifically to the Cushitic branch.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
hairstyle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
hairstyle:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: afros
Singularafro
Pluralafros

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
person of African descent:Afrodescendant
'fro
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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