nigger
A black person; a person of black African descentA black person; a person of black African descent.
» The word "nigger" is an offensive term.
"Neger" ist ein abwertendes Wort.
"Нігер" — образливе слово.
Meaning
14 senses(ethnic, offensive, slur, vulgar)A black person; a person of black African descent.
(ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
A black person; a person of black African descent.
(ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar)A person of black African descent who behaves badly or unconventionally (whether the speaker approves or disapproves).
(ethnic, offensive, slur, vulgar)A member of any typically dark-skinned people (now especially in combinations like prairie nigger or sand nigger).
A friend, particularly a fellow black person (often as an informal term of address).
(figuratively)A person of any kind (particularly as a term of abuse).
(especially, offensive)A member of a group that is oppressed or marginalized in the manner of black people.
Any of various dark animals:
(offensive)Any member of species Girella tricuspidata (luderick).
(dated, offensive)A dark brown nymphalid butterfly, Orsotriaena medus, of south Asia, southeast Asia, and Australia.
(dated)A black screen used in conjunction with the camera to block light or produce special lighting effects.
Any of various dark animals:
(Cornwall, UK, archaic, offensive)A kind of sea cucumber, Holothuria forskali, the cotton-spinner.
(archaic, offensive)The larva of the turnip sawfly, an agricultural pest.
(archaic)An impurity in the covering of an electrical conductor which serves to make a partial short circuit, and thus becomes sufficiently heated to burn and destroy the insulation.
Examples
7 sentencesThe word "nigger" is an offensive term.
"Нігер" — образливе слово.
de"Neger" ist ein abwertendes Wort.
"Nigger" is an offensive word.
"Нігер" — образливе слово.
ru"Ниггер" - оскорбительное слово.
What a bunch of sand niggers.
"Hey, nigger!" "I don't really appreciate that you call me that."
What a bunch of niggers.
Translations
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Origin
Alteration of earlier neger, from Middle French nègre (“a black person”), from Spanish negAlteration of earlier neger, from Middle French nègre (“a black person”), from Spanish negro. Ultimately from Latin niger (“black”), thus a doublet of negro and noir. The expected Modern English pronunciation would be with /iː/; compare neger. The modern pronunciation with /ɪ/ may be due to influence from the Latin etymon (compare the older Southern US pronunciation of negro with /ɪ/), but compare the dialectal American pronunciations of eagle and eager as /ˈɪɡəl/ and /ˈɪɡɚ/. Compare Danish neger, Swedish neger, German Neger, Dutch neger. First use appears c. 1577, in the writings of Edward Hellowes (fl. 1574–1601).
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