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African in Arabic

إِفْرِيقِيّ ʔifrīqiyy

/ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/

African in Arabic: إِفْرِيقِيّ (ʔifrīqiyy), أَفْرِيقِيّ (ʔafrīqiyy), إِفْرِيقِيَّة (ʔifrīqiyya). In English, African means of or pertaining to Africa.

Arabic words for African

of or pertaining to Africa
إِفْرِيقِيّ ʔifrīqiyy, أَفْرِيقِيّ ʔafrīqiyy
a native of Africa
إِفْرِيقِيّ ʔifrīqiyy, إِفْرِيقِيَّة ʔifrīqiyya

English meaning of African

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to Africa.
  2. adjective Black; (dated, offensive) synonym of negroid.
  3. noun A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

Full definition of African

African in a sentence

  • The truth is that I know the guy had African skin and a shirt of some sort.

Synonyms of African

All synonyms of African

African in other languages

Questions about African in Arabic

What is the meaning of African in Arabic?
African in Arabic is إِفْرِيقِيّ (ʔifrīqiyy), أَفْرِيقِيّ (ʔafrīqiyy), إِفْرِيقِيَّة (ʔifrīqiyya).
ما معنى كلمة African؟
African: إِفْرِيقِيّ (ʔifrīqiyy), أَفْرِيقِيّ (ʔafrīqiyy), إِفْرِيقِيَّة (ʔifrīqiyya).
What does African mean in English?
African means of or pertaining to Africa.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: African (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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