Negro
English
/ˈniːɡɹəʊ/, /ˈniːɡɹoʊ/, /ˈnɪɡɹə/
noun
Definitions
- (dated) A black person; a person of sub-Saharan African descent.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian negro (black, black person).
Origin
Spanish
negro
Gloss
black, black person
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
黒
Emoji
🐃 🐈⬛ 🕋 🖤 🦓
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Negress English
- Negrillo English
- Negrocentric English
- Negrohood English
- Negrophobe English
- Negrophobia English
- negress English
- negrette English
- negrocentrism English
- niger Latin
- nigrum Latin
- nègre French
- albinegro Spanish, Castilian
- aurinegro Spanish, Castilian
- carinegro Spanish, Castilian
- cisne negro Spanish, Castilian
- ennegrecer Spanish, Castilian
- gualdinegro Spanish, Castilian
- negrear Spanish, Castilian
- negrecer Spanish, Castilian
- negrero Spanish, Castilian
- negrillo Spanish, Castilian
- negrito Spanish, Castilian
- negro Spanish, Castilian
- negruzco Spanish, Castilian
- negro Portuguese
- nigra Esperanto
- นิโกร Thai
- negro Cebuano
- Negro Tagalog