negri
Icelandic
/ˈnɛɣrɪ/
noun
Definitions
- A black person, negro
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish neger (negro) derived from German Neger (negro, nigger) derived from French nègre (black, nigger, black person) derived from Spanish, Castilian negro (black, black person) derived from Portuguese negro (black, a black African) 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
🐃 🐈⬛ 🕋 🖤 🦓
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Negrillo English
- Negro English
- neger English
- negro English
- nigger English
- nigrite 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
- nigrum Latin
- nigrum, niger Latin
- seminiger Latin
- Neger German
- Negerkuss German
- Negermusik German
- Vernegerung German
- nero Italian
- neger Dutch, Flemish
- nègre French
- négraille French
- négresse French
- négrillon French
- négrophobe French
- négroïde French
- petit nègre French
- негр Russian
- 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
- *nókʷts Proto-Indo-European
- neger Norwegian Bokmål
- antinegro Portuguese
- denegrir Portuguese
- enegrecer Portuguese
- negreiro Portuguese
- negrice Portuguese
- negrito Portuguese
- negro Portuguese
- neger Swedish
- neger Norwegian Nynorsk
- haleneger Danish
- neger Danish
- negerbolle Danish
- noir Old French
- nigra Esperanto
- negro Cebuano
- Negro Tagalog
- негър Bulgarian
- negro Old Portuguese
- nèg Haitian, Haitian Creole
- noi Bourguignon
- niro Neapolitan