African-American

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• /ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 F R AH0 K AH0 N AH0 M EH1 R AH0 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s.

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: afroamerický — American and black
• Dutch: Afro-Amerikaans — American and black
• Finnish: afroamerikkalainen — American and black
• Finnish: afrikkalaisamerikkalainen — American and black
• French: afro-américain — American and black
• French: afro-américaine — American and black
• Galician: afroamericano — American and black
• Georgian: აფრო-ამერიკელი (apro-ameriḳeli) — American and black
• Georgian: აფროამერიკელი (aproameriḳeli) — American and black
• German: afroamerikanisch — American and black
• Hungarian: afroamerikai — American and black
• Polish: afroamerykański — American and black
• Portuguese: afro-americano — American and black
• Romanian: afro-american — American and black
• Russian: афроамериканский (afroamerikanskij) — American and black
• Spanish: afroamericano — American and black
• Swahili: Mwafrika Mmarekani — American and black
• Swedish: afroamerikansk — American and black
• Belarusian: афраамерыканец (afraamjerykanjec) — A black American
• Catalan: afroamericà — A black American
• Chickasaw: hattak losa' — A black American
• Chinese Mandarin: 美國黑人 /美国黑人 (Měiguó hēirén) — A black American
• Chinese Mandarin: 非裔美國人 /非裔美国人 (Fēiyì Měiguórén) — A black American
• Chinook Jargon: ɬiʔil-man — A black American
• Chinook Jargon: ɬiʔil-tilixam — A black American
• Czech: Afroameričan — A black American
• Czech: Afroameričanka — A black American
• Dutch: Afro-Amerikaan — A black American
• Esperanto: afrik-usonano — A black American
• Finnish: afroamerikkalainen — A black American
• Finnish: afrikkalaisamerikkalainen — A black American
• French: Afro-Américain — A black American
• French: Afro-Américaine — A black American
• Galician: afroamericano — A black American
• German: Afroamerikaner — A black American
• German: Afro-Amerikaner — A black American
• German: Afroamerikanerin — A black American
• German: Afro-Amerikanerin — A black American
• Greek: αφροαμερικανός (afroamerikanós) — A black American
• Haitian Creole: Afriken-Ameriken — A black American
• Hungarian: afroamerikai — A black American
• Irish: meiriceánaigh afracacha — A black American
• Japanese: アフリカ系アメリカ人 (Afurika-kei Amerika-jin) — A black American
• Latvian: afroamerikānis — A black American
• Latvian: afroamerikāne — A black American
• Lithuanian: afroamerikiẽtis — A black American
• Lithuanian: afroamerikiẽtė — A black American
• Norwegian Bokmål: afroamerikaner — A black American
• Polish: Afroamerykanin — A black American
• Polish: Afroamerykanka — A black American
• Portuguese: afro-americano — A black American
• Portuguese: afro-americana — A black American
• Romanian: afroamerican — A black American
• Romanian: afroamericană — A black American
• Russian: афро-америка́нец (afro-amerikánec) — A black American
• Russian: афро-америка́нка (afro-amerikánka) — A black American
• Russian: чёрный америка́нец (čórnyj amerikánec) — A black American
• Russian: чёрная америка́нка (čórnaja amerikánka) — A black American
• Russian: америка́нский негр (amerikánskij negr) — A black American
• Russian: америка́нская негритя́нка (amerikánskaja negritjánka) — A black American
• Serbo-Croatian: Afroamerikanac — A black American
• Serbo-Croatian: Afroamerikanka — A black American
• Spanish: afroamericano — A black American
• Spanish: afroamericana — A black American
• Swahili: wamarekani weusi — A black American
• Swahili: wamarekani wa kiafrika — A black American
• Swahili: Mwafrika Mmarekani — A black American
• Swedish: afroamerikan — A black American
• Ukrainian: афроамерика́нець (afroamerykánecʹ) — A black American
• Ukrainian: афроамерика́нка (afroamerykánka) — A black American