nigrite
English
noun
Definitions
- An insulating material consisting of the impure residuum obtained in the distillation of paraffin.
Etymology
Derived from Latin niger (black, dark, shining black).
Origin
Latin
niger
Gloss
black, dark, shining black
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
黒
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nigger English
- Nigrinus Latin
- capellus magnus niger Latin
- capellus niger Latin
- nigellus Latin
- niger Latin
- nigredo Latin
- nigriceps Latin
- nigricollis Latin
- nigricostus Latin
- nigrifrons Latin
- nigrimanus Latin
- nigripalpus Latin
- nigripennis Latin
- nigrirostris Latin
- nigritarsis Latin
- nigrithorax Latin
- nigritia Latin
- nigrities Latin
- nigriventris Latin
- nigrofasciatus Latin
- nigrolineatus Latin
- nigromaculatus Latin
- nigropunctatus Latin
- seminiger Latin
- nero Italian
- nègre French
- negro Spanish, Castilian
- *nókʷts Proto-Indo-European
- negro Portuguese
- noir Old French
- nigra Esperanto
- noi Bourguignon
- niro Neapolitan