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negro.

Relating to a black ethnicity.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈniɡɹoʊ/General-American/ˈnɪɡɹoʊ/obsolete/ˈnɪɡɹə/Southern-US, dated/ˈniːɡɹəʊ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Relating to a black ethnicity.

    dated · not-comparable · offensive
  2. Black or dark brown in color.

    dated · not-comparable · offensive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum (“shiny black”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare; night”). Doublet of noir. Compare nigrescence.

noun/ˈniɡɹoʊ/General-American/ˈnɪɡɹoʊ/obsolete/ˈnɪɡɹə/Southern-US, dated/ˈniːɡɹəʊ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A person of black African ancestry.

    dated · offensive
  2. A slave, especially one of African ancestry.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum (“shiny black”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare; night”). Doublet of noir. Compare nigrescence.

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