naïr
Gallo
adjective
Definitions
- black
Etymology
Derived from Old French noir 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
- 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
- nero Italian
- nègre French
- negro Spanish, Castilian
- *nókʷts Proto-Indo-European
- negro Portuguese
- noir Old French
- noirsure Old French
- nigra Esperanto
- nièr Norman
- noir Middle French
- noer Walloon
- noi Bourguignon
- niro Neapolitan