afro

See also: Afro, afro-, and Afro-

English

 afro on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Afro

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæf.ɹoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

afro (plural afros)

1. hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
   • 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 335:

     sheʼd been unmissable sitting in the front row of the lecture theatre with a crazy-ass afro and stunning face

2. A person of African ancestry
   • 2012, Kevin K. Gates, American Africans in Ghana: Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era, University of North Carolina Press (2006), pages 142–143:

     The Ghanaian government employed several Afros, as many of the expatriates called themselves, downplaying their Americanness, in ideological and infrastructure-building occupations.

   • 2022, Beatrice Materu, “The African Americans who chose to return to Africa”, in The EastAfrican‎, page 1:

     At the height of the American civil rights agitation, a number of members of the Black Panther movement moved to Tanzania, and lived outside Arusha where they formed a community, calling themselves ‘’Afros.’’

   • 2022, Jun Takahara, “Say It Loud — I’m Afro and I’m Proud: Why we need to replace our racial identity labels with (pan-)ethnic ones”, in Medium‎, page 1:

     Afrodescendants (or simply Afros) are the descendants of Africans who were dispersed.

Synonyms

• (hairstyle): 'fro
• (person of African descent): Afrodescendant

Derived terms

• Afro comb
• afroed
• Afro pick
• halfro

Translations

hairstyle

Arabic: Egyptian Arabic: أفرو m (ʔafro) Chinese: Cantonese: 爆炸頭 / 爆炸头 (baau3 zaa3 tau4), 爆炸裝 / 爆炸装 (baau3 zaa3 zong1) Mandarin: (please verify) 爆炸式 (zh) (bàozhà-shì), 阿福羅頭 / 阿福罗头 (āfúluótóu), 非洲頭 / 非洲头 (fēizhōutóu) Finnish: afro (fi), afrokampaus (fi) French: afro (fr) m German: Afrolook (de) m, Afro (de) m Japanese: アフロヘアー (afuroheā), アフロ (afuro) Polish: afro (pl) n Portuguese: afro (pt) m, black power m Russian: а́фро (ru) n (áfro) Spanish: afro (es) m Swedish: afro (sv) c Thai: แอโฟร (ɛɛ-fróo)

See also

• Jewfro

Anagrams

• Faro, Fårö, RAFO, faro, fora