negre

See also: négre and nègre

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan negre, from Latin nigrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈnɛ.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈnə.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈne.ɣɾe]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Audio (Catalonia):

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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

• bèstia negra
• caixa negra
• caranegre
• ennegrir
• forat negre
• golanegre
• negrejar
• negrer
• oliva negra
• vi negre

 

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

• “negre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “negre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “negre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “negre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

• negra
• negro

Middle French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛɡrə/

Noun

negre

1. person of African descent [from 16th c.]

Descendants

• French: nègre

Further reading

• “negre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• negere, negrer

Noun

negre m

1. indefinite plural of neger

Occitan

Alternative forms

• ner, nèir

Etymology

From Old Occitan negre, from Latin nigrum.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

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

1. black

Derived terms

• espin negre
• moge negre
• moja negra

 

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• ner, neir

Etymology

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

Adjective

negre

1. black

Descendants

• Occitan: negre, ner, nèir

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]‎^[1], 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

• IPA^(key): [ˈne.ɡre]

Adjective

negre

1. feminine plural of negru