nigra
See also: Nigra
English edit
Etymology edit
A collateral form of negro with colloquial reduction of unstressed /oʊ/, /əʊ/ to /ə/ as in fella.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nigra (plural nigras)
- (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
- 2012, Karen Fields, Barbara J. Fields, “Authors' Note”, in Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, Verso Books, →ISBN:
- She used the term nigger and its close South Carolina cognate nigra only when quoting others with disapproval.
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Anagrams edit
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nigra (accusative singular nigran, plural nigraj, accusative plural nigrajn)
- black
- nigra:
- 1983, Claude Piron, chapter 20, in Gerda malaperis!:
- Estas alta viro, maldika, kun nigraj haroj kaj verdaj okuloj.
- It's a tall man, thin, with black hair and green eyes.
Derived terms edit
- nigra nano (“black dwarf”)
- nigra truo (“black hole”)
- nigrigi
- nigro
- nigrulo (“a black person”)
See also edit
blanka | griza | nigra |
ruĝa; karmezina | oranĝokolora; oranĝkolora; oranĝo; bruna | flava; kremkolora |
limekolora | verda | |
cejanblua; turkisa | lazura | blua |
violkolora; viola; indiga | magenta; purpura | rozokolora |
Ido edit
Etymology edit
From Esperanto nigra, from Latin niger.
Adjective edit
nigra
Derived terms edit
- nigro (“a black person (not specifically of African descent)”)
- nigra heleboro / heleboro nigra
- nigra truo
- nigreskar (“to blacken, become black, turn black”)
- nigrigar (“to blacken, make black, turn black”)
- nigratra (“darkish, dusky”)
Paronyms edit
- negra (“a person of African descent”)
See also edit
blanka | griza | nigra |
reda; karmezina | oranjea; bruna | flava; kremea |
limetea | verda | |
ciana | azurea | blua |
violea; indigea | purpurea | rozea |
Latin edit
Adjective edit
nigra
- inflection of niger:
Adjective edit
nigrā