negro
A person of black African ancestryA person of black African ancestry.
» Arroz negro tastes inky because it's made with squid ink.
Schwarzer Reis schmeckt nach Tinte, weil er mit Tintenfischtinte gemacht wird.
Meaning
2 senses(dated, offensive)A person of black African ancestry.
Neger, Negerin, Mohr
негрnegr, негритя́нкаnegritjánka, ара́пaráp
му́ринmúryn, му́ринкаmúrynka, негрnehr
a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today
(archaic)A slave, especially one of African ancestry.
Examples
7 sentencesArroz negro tastes inky because it's made with squid ink.
deSchwarzer Reis schmeckt nach Tinte, weil er mit Tintenfischtinte gemacht wird.
Everybody knew Tom was a negro, though he tried his best to conceal it.
ruВсе знали, что Том негр, хоть он и старался изо всех сил это скрыть.
"Negro" is an offensive word.
The Thirteenth Amendment freed all Negro slaves.
ruТринадцатая поправка освободила всех негров-рабов.
Negro is a word in the Spanish language, racist people just made it to a racial slur.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum (“shiny black”), oBorrowed from Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum (“shiny black”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare; night”). Doublet of noir. Compare nigrescence.
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Forms
plural: negroes / negrosSynonyms
4 synonyms- a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today:BlackAfrican-AmericanNegroid