Af

See also: Appendix:Variations of "af"

Translingual

Symbol

Af

  1. (climatology) Köppen climate classification for a tropical rainforest climate.

English

Etymology

Clipping of African

Pronunciation

  • (British) IPA(key): /æf/
  • Rhymes: -æf

Noun

Af (plural Afs)

  1. (dated, colloquial) A native African (not white-skinned) in Rhodesia.
    • 1978, The Bridge, volumes 3-4, page 15:
      Actually, they say, they get on quite well with the Afs. Just have a look around the country: no hostile glares or haughtiness when whites and blacks pass in the streets, none of the riots or strikes […]
    • 2010, Roger Marston, Own Goals, page iv:
      […] the collapse of the white myths about the country: that it was a free society, that the “Afs” were happy and contented, that white culture was firmly rooted in a stable population, […]

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German affo, from Proto-Germanic *apô. Cognate with German Affe, English ape, Dutch aap, Icelandic api.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːf/
    • Rhymes: -aːf

Noun

Af m (plural Afen)

  1. ape, monkey
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