overwordExplorer
FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

négresse.

female equivalent of nègre: negress

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ne.ɡʁɛs/[ne.ɡrɛs]Louisiana
  1. female equivalent of nègre: negress

    feminine · form-of
  2. Black woman

    Louisiana · feminine
  3. girlfriend (of any race)

    Louisiana · feminine
  4. honey, baby (term for one's girlfriend or wife)

    Louisiana · endearing · feminine
Where this word comes from

From nègre (“negro”) + -esse (“-ess”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

négresse has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

négresse studionégresse workshello, négresse

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.