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africanité

French, noun/a.fʁi.ka.ni.te/

africanité is spelled A-F-R-I-C-A-N-I-T-É (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Africanité is a French feminine noun meaning “Africanity, Africanness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de ce qui relève de la culture et de la société africaine”.

What does africanité mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineAfricanity, Africanness

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Caractère de ce qui relève de la culture et de la société africaine.

noun: 1. Sorte de maladie qui aurait frappé les colonisateurs européens de l'Afrique et qui était donnée comme explication à leurs comportements.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of africanité

  • africanités plural
  • africanites plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce africanité?

  • /a.fʁi.ka.ni.te/
  • \a.fʁi.ka.ni.te\
  • \a.fʁi.ka.nit\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is africanité in French?

africanité appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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