单词 | afroasiatic |
释义 | Afroasiaticor Af·ro-A·si·at·ic[ af-roh-ey-zhee-at-ik, -ey-shee-, -ey-zee- ] / ˌæf roʊˌeɪ ʒiˈæt ɪk, -ˌeɪ ʃi-, -ˌeɪ zi- / adjectiveof, belonging to, or pertaining to Afroasiatic; Hamito-Semitic. nounAlso called Hamito-Semitic. a family of languages including as subfamilies Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic.Compare family (def. 16). Origin of AfroasiaticFirst recorded in 1955–60; Afro- + Asiatic Words nearby AfroasiaticAfrin, afrit, Afro, Afro-American, Afro-Asian, Afroasiatic, Afro-British, Afro-Caribbean, Afrocentric, Afro-chain, Afro-comb Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for AfroasiaticAfro-Asiatic nounAlso called: Semito-Hamitic a family of languages of SW Asia and N Africa, consisting of the Semitic, ancient Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic subfamilies adjectivedenoting, belonging to, or relating to this family of languages Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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