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Afrikaans

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Languages
Af·ri·kaans /ˌæfrɪˈkɑːns/ noun [uncountable]  SLLa language of South Africa that is similar to Dutch 南非荷兰语
Examples from the Corpus
AfrikaansWhen Poole arrived, he and John sometimes spoke to each other in Afrikaans.
Origin Afrikaans (1900-2000) Afrikaans afrikaans African, from Latin africanus
Af·ri·kaans nounChineseSyllable
Corpus South of to that is a Dutch language Africa similar


Afrikaans
Afrikaans /ˌæfrɪˈkɑːns/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: Afrikaans
 Origin: afrikaans 'African', from Latin africanus
a language of South Africa that is similar to Dutch


Af·ri·kaansBrE /ˌæfrɪˈkɑːns/ 🔊NAmE /ˌæfrɪˈkɑːns/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a language that has developed from Dutch, spoken in South Africa 阿非利堪斯语;南非荷兰语