nigger
To clear land by laying light pieces of round timber across the trunks of the trees…To clear land by laying light pieces of round timber across the trunks of the trees and setting fire to them at the point of contact, by which means the trees are slowly burned through.
» The word "nigger" is an offensive term.
"Neger" ist ein abwertendes Wort. — Sudajaengi
"Нігер" — образливе слово. — deniko
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5 senses(dated, transitive)To clear land by laying light pieces of round timber across the trunks of the trees and setting fire to them at the point of contact, by which means the trees are slowly burned through.
(dated, transitive)To exhaust (soil) by cropping it year by year without manure.
(intransitive, offensive)To perform in blackface.
(intransitive, offensive)To behave as a stereotypical black person.
(offensive, transitive, uncommon)To treat as inferior.
Examples
7 sentencesThe word "nigger" is an offensive term.
"Нігер" — образливе слово. — deniko
de"Neger" ist ein abwertendes Wort. — Sudajaengi
"Nigger" is an offensive word.
"Нігер" — образливе слово. — deniko
ru"Ниггер" - оскорбительное слово. — odexed
What a bunch of sand niggers.
"Hey, nigger!" "I don't really appreciate that you call me that."
What a bunch of niggers.
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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Forms
niggers, niggering, niggered, niggeredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.