When you watch television or listen to the radio, the music which you hear is often African in origin.
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African
//ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən//
Synonyms for "african" (3 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
204 translations across 85 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- Afrikaan noun (a native of Africa)
Albanian
4 entries- afrikan adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- harapes adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikan noun (a native of Africa)
- afrikane noun (a native of Africa)
Amharic
1 entries- አፍሪካዊ adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Ἄφρος noun (a native of Africa)
Arabic
4 entries- أَفْرِيقِيّ adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- إِفْرِيقِيّ adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- إِفْرِيقِيَّة noun (a native of Africa)
- إِفْرِيقِيّ noun (a native of Africa)
Armenian
3 entries- աֆրիկական adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- աֆրիկյան adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- աֆրիկացի noun (a native of Africa)
Asturian
1 entries- africanu adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- afrikalı adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikalı noun (a native of Africa)
Belarusian
3 entries- афрыка́нскі adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- афрыка́нец noun (a native of Africa)
- афрыка́нка noun (a native of Africa)
Bengali
2 entries- আফ্রিকান adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- আফ্রিকান noun (a native of Africa)
Breton
3 entries- Afrikan noun (a native of Africa)
- Afrikanek noun (a native of Africa)
- Afrikanez noun (a native of Africa)
Bulgarian
3 entries- африка́нски adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- африка́нец noun (a native of Africa)
- африка́нка noun (a native of Africa)
Burmese
3 entries- အာဖရိက adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- အာဖရိကန် adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- အာဖရိကတိုက်သူ noun (a native of Africa)
Catalan
3 entries- africà adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- africana noun (a native of Africa)
- africà noun (a native of Africa)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 非洲人 noun (a native of Africa)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 非洲的 adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- 非洲人 noun (a native of Africa)
Czech
3 entries- africký adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Afričan noun (a native of Africa)
- Afričanka noun (a native of Africa)
Danish
2 entries- afrikansk adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikaner noun (a native of Africa)
Dutch
3 entries- Afrikaans adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Afrikaan noun (a native of Africa)
- Afrikaanse noun (a native of Africa)
Estonian
1 entries- Aafrika adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Faroese
2 entries- afrikanskur adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikani noun (a native of Africa)
Finnish
2 entries- afrikkalainen adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikkalainen noun (a native of Africa)
French
3 entries- africain adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Africain noun (a native of Africa)
- Africaine noun (a native of Africa)
Galician
3 entries- africano adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- africana noun (a native of Africa)
- africano noun (a native of Africa)
Georgian
2 entries- აფრიკული adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- აფრიკელი noun (a native of Africa)
German
3 entries- afrikanisch adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Afrikaner noun (a native of Africa)
- Afrikanerin noun (a native of Africa)
Greek
3 entries- αφρικανικός adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Αφρικανή noun (a native of Africa)
- Αφρικανός noun (a native of Africa)
Hawaiian
2 entries- ʻApelika adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- ʻApelika noun (a native of Africa)
Hebrew
3 entries- אַפְרִיקַאי adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- אַפְרִיקַאי noun (a native of Africa)
- אפריקאית noun (a native of Africa)
Hindi
4 entries- अफ़्रीकी adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- हब्शी adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- अफ़्रीकी noun (a native of Africa)
- हब्शी noun (a native of Africa)
Hungarian
2 entries- afrikai adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikai noun (a native of Africa)
Icelandic
3 entries- afrískur adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Afríkubúi noun (a native of Africa)
- Afríkumaður noun (a native of Africa)
Ido
4 entries- Afrikana adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Afrikanino noun (a native of Africa)
- Afrikano noun (a native of Africa)
- Afrikanulo noun (a native of Africa)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- آفْریقایی adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- آفْریقایی noun (a native of Africa)
Irish
2 entries- Afracach adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Afracach noun (a native of Africa)
Italian
3 entries- africano adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- africana noun (a native of Africa)
- africano noun (a native of Africa)
Japanese
2 entries- アフリカの adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- アフリカ人 noun (a native of Africa)
Kazakh
2 entries- африкалық adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- африкалық noun (a native of Africa)
Khmer
1 entries- អាហ្វ្រិក adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Korean
3 entries- 아프리카의 adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- 아프리카 사람 noun (a native of Africa)
- 아프리카인 noun (a native of Africa)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- африкалык adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- африкалык noun (a native of Africa)
- африканец noun (a native of Africa)
Lao
1 entries- ອາຟຣິກກາ adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Latin
4 entries- āfer adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- āfricus adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- āfricānus adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Āfer noun (a native of Africa)
Latvian
4 entries- afrikānis adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikāņu adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikāniete noun (a native of Africa)
- afrikānis noun (a native of Africa)
Lithuanian
4 entries- afrikietiškas adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikiečių adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikietis noun (a native of Africa)
- afrikietė noun (a native of Africa)
Macedonian
3 entries- африкански adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Африканец noun (a native of Africa)
- Африканка noun (a native of Africa)
Marathi
1 entries- आफ्रिकन adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Mongolian
1 entries- африк adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
North Frisian
1 entries- aafrikooner noun (a native of Africa)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- Efrîqayî adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- afrikansk adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikaner noun (a native of Africa)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- afrikanar noun (a native of Africa)
Occitan
2 entries- african adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- african noun (a native of Africa)
Odia
2 entries- ଆଫ୍ରିକୀୟ adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- ଆଫ୍ରିକୀୟ noun (a native of Africa)
Ojibwe
1 entries- makadewiiyaas noun (a native of Africa)
Pashto
2 entries- افريقايي adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- افريقايي noun (a native of Africa)
Polish
3 entries- afrykański adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Afrykanin noun (a native of Africa)
- Afrykanka noun (a native of Africa)
Portuguese
3 entries- africano adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- africana noun (a native of Africa)
- africano noun (a native of Africa)
Romanian
3 entries- african adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- african noun (a native of Africa)
- africană noun (a native of Africa)
Russian
3 entries- африка́нский adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- африка́нец noun (a native of Africa)
- африка́нка noun (a native of Africa)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Afragach adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- afrìkānskī adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- àfričkī adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- а̀фричкӣ adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- афрѝка̄нскӣ adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Sicilian
2 entries- africanu adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- fricanu (apheretic, subseded) adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Slovak
3 entries- africký adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Afričan noun (a native of Africa)
- Afričanka noun (a native of Africa)
Slovene
3 entries- afriški adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afričan noun (a native of Africa)
- afričanka noun (a native of Africa)
Sotho
1 entries- Moafrika noun (a native of Africa)
Spanish
3 entries- africano adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- africana noun (a native of Africa)
- africano noun (a native of Africa)
Swahili
2 entries- kiafrika adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Mwafrika noun (a native of Africa)
Swedish
2 entries- afrikansk adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikan noun (a native of Africa)
Tagalog
1 entries- Aprikahin adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Tajik
2 entries- африқоӣ adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- африқоӣ noun (a native of Africa)
Telugu
2 entries- ఆఫ్రికను adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- ఆఫ్రికను noun (a native of Africa)
Thai
1 entries- แอฟริกา adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ኣፍሪቃዊ adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
Turkish
2 entries- Afrikalı adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Afrikalı noun (a native of Africa)
Turkmen
2 entries- afrikaly adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikaly noun (a native of Africa)
Ukrainian
3 entries- африка́нський adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- африка́нець noun (a native of Africa)
- африка́нка noun (a native of Africa)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- Afričan noun (a native of Africa)
- Afričanka noun (a native of Africa)
Urdu
2 entries- اَفْرِیقی adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- اَفْرِیقی noun (a native of Africa)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئافرىقىلىق adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- ئافرىقىلىق noun (a native of Africa)
Uzbek
2 entries- afrikalik adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- afrikalik noun (a native of Africa)
Vietnamese
4 entries- Châu Phi adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Phi Châu adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- người Phi châu noun (a native of Africa)
- người châu Phi noun (a native of Africa)
Volapük
4 entries- Fikopik adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Frikopik adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Fikopel noun (a native of Africa)
- Frikopan noun (a native of Africa)
Welsh
2 entries- Affricanaidd adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- Affricanwr noun (a native of Africa)
Yiddish
3 entries- אַפֿריקאַניש adj (of or pertaining to Africa)
- אַפֿריקאַנער noun (a native of Africa)
- אַפֿריקאַנערין noun (a native of Africa)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
It's an African country, so you may think the climate is very hot.
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In these statistics Egypt is classed as an African nation.
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He was a hero of the African campaign in World War II.
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