indicating Africa or African: Afro-Asiatic
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Af•ro /ˈæfroʊ/USA pronunciation
adj., n., pl. -ros.
adj. [before a noun]
n. [countable]
Afro-,
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025adj. [before a noun]
- Anthropologyof or relating to African-Americans or to black traditions, culture, etc.: Afro societies.
n. [countable]
- Clothinga hairstyle of very curly or frizzy hair grown or cut into a full, bushy shape.
Afro-,
- a combining form of Africa: Afro-Cuban. Also, esp. before a vowel, Afr-.
Af•ro
(af′rō),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -ros.
adj.
n.
Afro-,
adj.
- Anthropologyof or pertaining to Afro-Americans or to black traditions, culture, etc.:Afro societies; Afro hair styles.
n.
- Clothinga hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- independent use of Afro- 1965–70
Afro-,
- a combining form of Africa: Afro-American; Afro-Asiatic.Also,[esp. before a vowel,] Afr-.
- Latin Āfr- (stem of Āfer an African) + -o-
'Afro-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Afr
- Aframerican
- African-American
- Afro
- Afro-American
- Afro-American English
- Afro-American studies
- Afro-Asian
- Afro-Caribbean
- Afro-Cuban
- Afro-pessimism
- Afro-pop
- Afroasiatic
- Akkadian
- Amharic
- Arabic
- Aramaic
- Assyrian
- Babylonian
- Berber
- Black English
- Bowles
- Coptic
- Cushitic
- Egyptian
- Ethiopic
- Hamitic
- Hausa
- Hebrew
- Liberia
- Phoenician
- Semitic
- Somali
- Tigre
- afrormosia
- black
- black studies
- bugaloo
- conga
- fro
- natural
- timbale