Afro hair is very tightly curled and sticks out all around your head.
2. countable noun
An Afro is an Afro hairstyle.
Afro-
(æfroʊ-)
combining form
Afro- is used to form adjectives and nouns that describe something that is connected with Africa.
...very well known Afro-American family.
...an Afro-centric fashion show.
Afro in British English
(ˈæfrəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural-ros
(sometimes not capital)
a hairstyle in which the hair is shaped into a wide frizzy bush
Word origin
C20: independent use of Afro-
Afro- in British English
combining form
indicating Africa or African
Afro-Asiatic
Afro- in American English
(ˈæfroʊ)
African, African and
Afro-American
: also, before a vowel, Afr-
Word origin
< L Afer, an African
Afro in American English
(ˈæfrou) (nounplural -ros)
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to African-Americans or to black traditions, culture, etc
Afro societies
Afro hair styles
noun
2.
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance
Word origin
[1965–70; independent use of afro-]
Examples of 'Afro' in a sentence
Afro
He was short and slender, with bushy, dark hair-almost an Afro, though he was white.
Stuart Woods WORST FEARS REALIZED (1999)
Word lists with
Afro
hairstyle
In other languages
Afro
British English: Afro ADJECTIVE
Afro hair is very tightly curled and sticks out all around your head.
American English: Afro
Brazilian Portuguese: afro
Chinese: 非洲发型
European Spanish: afro
French: afro
German: Afro-
Italian: afro
Japanese: アフロ
Korean: 아프리카의
European Portuguese: afro
Latin American Spanish: afro
Definition of 'Afro'
All related terms of 'Afro'
Afro-comb
a comb with a handle and long teeth used esp on curly hair
Afro-Asian
of or relating to both Africa and Asia , esp as part of the developing world
Afro-chain
(in the Caribbean ) a large chain necklace with a central pendant : usually worn with a dashiki by men
Afro-Cuban
of or relating to a type of jazz influenced by Cuban variants of African rhythms
Afro-American
→ African-American
Afro-Asiatic
a family of languages of SW Asia and N Africa, consisting of the Semitic , ancient Egyptian , Berber , Cushitic , and Chadic subfamilies
Afro-British
of or relating to British people of African descent
Afro-Caribbean
Afro-Caribbean refers to people from the Caribbean whose ancestors came from Africa .
Afro-pessimism
the belief that the provision of aid to African countries is futile
Afroasiatic
designating or of a family of African and Asian languages generally divided into the branches Berber , Cushitic , Semitic , Chadic , and ancient Egyptian
black English
the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.