negresă
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Romanian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French négresse.
Noun [edit]
negresă f (plural negrese; masculine equivalent negru)
- black woman
Usage notes [edit]
The word, unlike the modern meaning of the French etymological source it was borrowed from in the 19th century, does not have a negative or racist connotation as a slur, and is considered a neutral term. In French, the word has since been replaced by the neutral term noire.
