Negro

See also: negro, négro, and ñegro

English

Alternative forms

negro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish negro (“black”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈniːɡɹəʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈniːɡɹo/

Noun

Negro (plural Negroes or Negros)

(dated, often offensive) A person with black or dark brown skin and of sub-Saharan African descent.
- 1963, Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail,
  Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gained.

Hyponyms

negress / Negress

Derived terms

negress / Negress
Negrohood

negroid / Negroid
negroization

Translations

person with dark skin

Afrikaans: neger
Albanian: arap (sq), zezak (sq)
Arabic: زِنْجِيّ‎ m (zinjiyy), زَنْجِيّ‎ m (zanjiyy), أَسْوَد‎ (ar) m (ʾaswad), سَوْدَاء‎ f (sawdāʾ)
Armenian: նեգր (hy) (negr), սեւական (sewakan) (informal)
Old Armenian: խափշիկ (xapʿšik)
Azerbaijani: zənci (az), neqr
Belarusian: негр m (njehr), негрыця́нка f (njehrycjánka)
Bengali: নিগ্রো (nigro)
Bulgarian: не́гър (bg) m (négǎr), не́гърка f (négǎrka)
Burmese: ကပ္ပလီ (my) (kappa.li)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黑人 (hak¹ jan⁴)
Mandarin: 黑人 (zh) (hēirén)
Min Nan: 烏人, 乌人 (o͘-lâng)
Chiricahua: (Chiricahua) indaadiłhiłú, (Chiricahua) indaa diłhilénde, (Mescalero) łizhínde, (Mescalero) t’eeshínde
Czech: černoch (cs) m, černoška (cs) f
Danish: neger (da) c
Dutch: neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f
Esperanto: negro (eo), nigrulo
Estonian: neeger
Faroese: nekari m
Finnish: neekeri (fi)
French: nègre (fr) m
Galician: negro (gl) m
Georgian: ზანგი (zangi), ნეგრი (negri)
German: Neger (de) m (dated, derogatory), Negerin (de) f (dated, derogatory), Mohr (de) m (dated), Mohrin f (dated), Maximalpigmentierter m (humorous), Negerlein n (diminutive), Negerchen n (diminutive)
Greek: νέγρος (el) m (négros), νέγρα (el) f (négra)
Hebrew: כּוּשִׁי‎ (he) m (kúshi)
Hindi: नीग्रो (hi) (nīgro)
Hungarian: néger (hu)
Icelandic: svertingi m, blökkumaður m, negri m, blámaður m
Indonesian: negro (id)
Italian: nero (it) m, nera (it) f, negro (it) m
Japanese: 黒人 (ja) (こくじん, kokujin)
Kazakh: дәңгі (däñgi), зәңгі (zäñgi), негр (negr)
Khmer: ជនជាតិនីក្រូ (cɔɔn ciet niikroo)
Korean: 흑인 (ko) (heugin) (黑人 (ko))
Kyrgyz: негр (ky) (negr)

Lao: ແຂກດຳ (khǣk dam)
Latvian: nēģeris m
Lithuanian: negras m
Macedonian: црнец m (crnec), црнка f (crnka)
Malay: negro
Maori: mangumangu, kirimangu
Mongolian: негр (mn) (negr)
Navajo: Naakaii łizhinii, Zhinii
Norwegian:
Bokmål: neger (no) m
Nynorsk: neger m
Pashto: زنګي‎ m (zangí), تور پوستى‎ m or f (torpóstay), تورپوستکی‎ m or f (torpostə́kay), حبشى‎ m or f (habašáy)
Persian: زنگی‎ (fa) (zangi)
Polish: murzyn (pl) m, murzynka (pl) f
Portuguese: negro (pt) m, negra (pt) f
Romanian: negru (ro) m, negresă (ro) f
Russian: (neutral) негр (ru) m (negr), негритя́нка (ru) f (negritjánka), ара́п (ru) m (aráp) (dated), ара́пка (ru) f (arápka) (dated)
Scottish Gaelic: duine dubh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: црнац m, црнкиња f
Roman: crnac m, crnkinja (sh) f
Sinhalese: නීග්‍රෝ (si) (nīg‍rō)
Slovak: černoch (sk) m, černoška (sk) f
Slovene: črnec m
Spanish: negro (es) m, negra (es) f
Swedish: neger (sv), negress (sv) f
Tajik: зангӣ (tg) (zangī)
Telugu: నీగ్రో (nīgrō)
Thai: คนผิวดำ (kon-pǐu-dam), คนดำ (kon-dam), นิโกร (ní-groo), แขกดำ (kɛ̀ɛk-dam)
Turkish: zenci (tr)
Turkmen: negr
Ukrainian: му́рин m (múryn), му́ринка f (múrynka), негр m (nehr), негритя́нка f (nehrytjánka)
Urdu: نیگرو‎ (nīgro)
Uyghur: نېگر‎ (nëgr)
Uzbek: habash (uz), zanji (uz), barzangi (uz), negr (uz)
Vietnamese: người da đen
Western Apache: Indaa diłhiłé, Innaa diłhiłé, Ndaa diłhiłé, Nnaa diłhiłé
Yiddish: נעגער‎ m (neger), נעגערטע‎ f (negerte)

Anagrams

Egnor, Goren, Groen, Norge, Rogen, ergon, genro, goner, grone, ornge, reong

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English, from Spanish negro

Noun

Negro

(usually derogatory and ethnic slur) an African, especially those of sub-Saharan origin.