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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

african-american

/ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.74 in modern English

Syllables
african-amer-i-can
IPA
/ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
7
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.

noun

Any black American person; by extension, any black person.

American usage; Offensive

adj

Of a person, pertaining to the African-American ethnicity.

adj

Black.

American usage; Offensive

adj

Of or pertaining to the culture of African-American people.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s.

Usage

Inflected Forms

African-Americans (plural) African American (alternative) more African-American (comparative) most African-American (superlative)

Phrases

Africoon-Americoon

Synonyms

Afro-American Afromerican unbleached American BIPOC BME colored colored person minority nonwhite person of color black Negro

Rhymes With

american

Questions

How do you pronounce african-american?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/.
What does african-american mean?
A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.
Where does african-american come from?
Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s.

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