negre

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See also: négre and nègre

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan negre, from Latin nigrum.

Pronunciation

Adjective

negre (feminine negra, masculine and feminine plural negres)

  1. black (absorbing all light and reflecting none)
  2. black, Black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin)

Derived terms

Noun

negre m (plural negres)

  1. black (color perceived in the absence of light)

Noun

negre m (plural negres, feminine negra)

  1. black person
  2. ghostwriter

See also

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)
     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

Interlingua

Adjective

negre (comparative plus negre, superlative le plus negre)

  1. black (completely dark, absorbing all light)
  2. black (having a dark skin tone, mainly associated with African descent)

Related terms

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish negro, from Latin nigrum, the accusative form of niger (“black”).

Pronunciation

Noun

negre

  1. person of African descent

Descendants

  • French: nègre

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

negre m

  1. indefinite plural of neger

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan negre, from Latin nigrum.

Pronunciation

Adjective

negre m (feminine singular negra, masculine plural negres, feminine plural negras)

  1. black

Derived terms

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin niger. Cf. Old French noir, neir.

Adjective

negre

  1. black

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

negre n (plural negres, masculine negro, masculine plural negros, feminine negra, feminine plural negras)

  1. (gender-neutral, neologism, informal) gender-neutral singular of negro

Adjective

negre m or f (plural negres)

  1. (gender-neutral, neologism, informal) 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.

Romanian

Pronunciation

Adjective

negre

  1. feminine plural of negru
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