negro

Meaning

Adj

1. (dated, not-comparable, offensive) Relating to a black ethnicity.
2. (dated, not-comparable, offensive) Black or dark brown in color.

Noun

1. (dated, offensive) A person of black African ancestry.
2. (archaic) A slave, especially one of African ancestry.

Synonyms

black

nigger

black person

negroid

black man

Negro

black slave

Black person

neger

Arab

Cushite

blackamoor

dark-skinned

Translations

negro

Neger

nègre

negro

neger

negro

zenci

noir

zwart

negrid

zwarte

νέγρος

μαύρος

reşik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈniɡɹoʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed 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.