negre

See also: négre and nègre

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan negre, from Latin nigrum, accusative of niger.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈnə.ɡɾə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.ɡɾə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈne.ɡɾe/

Adjective

negre (feminine negra, masculine and feminine plural negres)

  1. black (absorbing all light and reflecting none)
  2. black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin)

Derived terms

Noun

negre m (plural negres)

  1. black (color perceived in the absence of light)

Noun

negre m (plural negres, feminine negra)

  1. black person

See also
Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      negre
             roig, vermell ; carmesí              taronja ; marró              groc ; crema
             verd lima              verd             
             cian ; xarxet              atzur              blau
             violat ; indi              magenta ; lila, porpra              rosa

Further reading

Interlingua

Adjective

negre (comparative plus negre, superlative le plus negre)

  1. black (completely dark, absorbing all light)
  2. black (having a dark skin tone, mainly associated with African descent)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

negre m

  1. indefinite plural of neger

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan negre, from Latin nigrum, accusative of niger.

Adjective

negre m (feminine singular negra, masculine plural negres, feminine plural negras)

  1. black

Derived terms

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin nigrum, accusative of niger. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French noir, neir.

Adjective

negre

  1. black

Descendants

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈne.ɡre]

Adjective

negre f pl

  1. feminine plural of negru
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