negre
See also: négre and nègre
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan negre, from Latin nigrum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈnə.ɡɾə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.ɡɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈne.ɡɾe/
Audio (Valencian) (file) Audio (Catalonia) (file)
Adjective
negre (feminine negra, masculine and feminine plural negres)
- black (absorbing all light and reflecting none)
- black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin)
Derived terms
- bèstia negra
- caixa negra
- caranegre
- ennegrir
- forat negre
- golanegre
- negrejar
- negrer
- oliva negra
- vi negre
Noun
negre m (plural negres)
- black (color perceived in the absence of light)
Noun
negre m (plural negres, feminine negra)
- black person
- ghostwriter
See also
| blanc | gris | negre |
| roig, vermell; carmesí | taronja; marró | groc; crema |
| verd llima | verd | |
| cian; xarxet | atzur | blau |
| violat; indi | magenta; lila, porpra | rosa |
Further reading
- “negre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “negre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “negre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “negre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Interlingua
Adjective
negre (comparative plus negre, superlative le plus negre)
- black (completely dark, absorbing all light)
- black (having a dark skin tone, mainly associated with African descent)
Related terms
- negra
- negro
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish negro, from Latin nigrum, the accusative form of niger (“black”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛɡrə/
Noun
negre
- person of African descent [from 16th c.]
Descendants
- French: nègre
Further reading
- “negre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- negere, negrer
Noun
negre m
- indefinite plural of neger
Occitan
Alternative forms
- ner, nèir
Etymology
From Old Occitan negre, from Latin nigrum.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
negre m (feminine singular negra, masculine plural negres, feminine plural negras)
- black
Derived terms
- espin negre
- moge negre
- moja negra
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
- ner, neir
Etymology
From Latin niger. Cf. Old French noir, neir.
Adjective
negre
- black
Descendants
- Occitan: negre, ner, nèir
Portuguese
Noun
negre n (plural negres, masculine negro, masculine plural negros, feminine negra, feminine plural negras)
- (gender-neutral, neologism) gender-neutral singular of negro
Adjective
negre m or f (plural negres)
- (gender-neutral, neologism) gender-neutral singular of negro
- 2020 November 30, Hiana Santos; Koda Gabriel, Negres - Uma Antologia Preta [Negres - A Black Anthology], Burn Books:
- Nossa cultura naturalizou que os corpos negres sejam somente sofredores que morrem no final ou que só conseguem ser minimamente bem-sucedidos quando ajudados por um branco.
- Our culture naturalized that our black bodies are only sufferers who die in the end or who can only be minimally successful when helped by a white person.
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Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈne.ɡre]
Adjective
negre
- feminine plural of negru