nigra

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English

Etymology

A collateral form of negro with colloquial reduction of unstressed /oʊ/, /əʊ/ to /ə/ as in fella.

Pronunciation

Noun

nigra (plural nigras)

  1. (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
    • 2012, Karen Fields, Barbara J. Fields, “Authors' Note”, in Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, Verso Books, →ISBN:
      She used the term nigger and its close South Carolina cognate nigra only when quoting others with disapproval.

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Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin niger.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iɡra
  • Hyphenation: ni‧gra

Adjective

nigra (accusative singular nigran, plural nigraj, accusative plural nigrajn)

  1. black
    nigra:  
    • 1983, Claude Piron, chapter 20, in Gerda malaperis!:
      Estas alta viro, maldika, kun nigraj haroj kaj verdaj okuloj.
      It's a tall man, thin, with black hair and green eyes.

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Colors in Esperanto · koloroj (layout · text)
     blanka      griza      nigra
             ruĝa; karmezina              oranĝokolora; oranĝkolora; oranĝo; bruna              flava; kremkolora
             limekolora              verda             
             cejanblua; turkisa              lazura              blua
             violkolora; viola; indiga              magenta; purpura              rozokolora

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto nigra, from Latin niger.

Adjective

nigra

  1. black

Derived terms

Paronyms

  • negra (“a person of African descent”)

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Colors in Ido · kolori (layout · text)
     blanka      griza      nigra
             reda; karmezina              oranjea; bruna              flava; kremea
             limetea              verda             
             ciana              azurea              blua
             violea; indigea              purpurea              rozea

Latin

Adjective

nigra

  1. inflection of niger:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

nigrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of niger
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