afrikaans

Noun

Af=ri=kaans

WORDNET DICTIONARY

afrikaans(n = noun.communication) south african dutch, taal - an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish; Array

is a kind of dutch

Derived form adjective afrikaans₁

afrikaans(a = adj.pert) afrikaner - belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language; "an Afrikaans couple"; "Afrikaner support"

Derived form noun afrikaans₁

afrikaans, n. the language of the Afrikaner people developed from Cape Dutch, an official language of the Republic of South Africa.

Etymology

Du., = African

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