negress

negress

See also: Negress

English

Etymology

From French négresse, from nègre. Equivalent to Negro +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːɡɹɪs/

Noun

negress (plural negresses)

1. (dated, literary, now offensive and an ethnic slur) A black female.

Synonyms

• (derogatory term for black woman): sheboon

Related terms

• negro
• negroid

Translations

A black female

Arabic: زِنْجِيَّة‎ f (zinjiyya), زَنْجِيَّة‎ f (zanjiyya), سَوْدَاء‎ f (sawdāʾ) Belarusian: негрыцянка f (nehrycjánka) Bulgarian: негърка f (négǎrka) Czech: černoška (cs) f Dutch: negerin (nl) f, negervrouw f, zwarte (nl) f Esperanto: negrino Finnish: neekerinainen French: négresse (fr) f, noire (fr) f German: Negerin (de) f Greek: νέγρη f (négri), αραπίνα (el) f (arapína) Italian: nera (it) f, negra (it) f Lithuanian: negrė f Macedonian: црнка f (c'rnka)

Persian: دده‌سیاه‎ (dade-siyâh) Polish: murzynka (pl) f Portuguese: negra (pt) f Romanian: negresă (ro) f Russian: негритя́нка (ru) f (negritjánka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: црнкиња f Roman: crnkinja (sh) f Slovak: černoška (sk) f Spanish: negra (es) f Swedish: negress (sv) c Ukrainian: муринка f (múrynka), негритянка f (nehrytjánka)

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