niro
Neapolitan
/ˈnirə/
adjective
Definitions
- black
Etymology
Inherited 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
- 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
- seminiger Latin
- boccanera Italian
- nerastro Italian
- nerazzurro Italian
- nereggiare Italian
- nerezza Italian
- nerissimo Italian
- nero Italian
- rossonero Italian
- nègre French
- negro Spanish, Castilian
- *nókʷts Proto-Indo-European
- negro Portuguese
- noir Old French
- nigra Esperanto
- νέρος Greek (modern)
- noi Bourguignon