negro
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[edit] Etymology
From Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum, masculine accusative case of niger (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *negr-, *negʷr- (“coloured, dark”). Cognate with Old Armenian ներկ (nerk, “paint, dye, colour”).
[edit] Adjective
negro (not comparable)
- (dated, offensive) Relating to the black ethnicity.
- (dated, offensive) Black or dark brown in color.
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In the United States of America, the word negro is considered acceptable only in a historical context or in proper names such as the United Negro College Fund. Black, which replaced negro from 1966 onward, or the more recent African-American (from the 1980s), are the preferred alternatives, with neither being categorically preferred as an endonym (self-designation) or by publications.
Prior to 1966, negro was accepted and in fact the usual endonym – consider The Negro, 1915, by W. E. B. Du Bois – which itself replaced the older colored in the 1920s, particularly under the advocacy of Du Bois (who advocated capitalization as Negro). Following the coinage and rise of Black Power and Black pride in the 1960s, particularly post-1966, the term black became preferred, and negro became offensive; in 1968 negro was still preferred by most as a self-designation, while by 1974 black was preferred; usage by publications followed.[1]
See also discussion at Wikipedia.
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[edit] Noun
negro (plural negroes)
- alternative capitalization of Negro
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- ^ When Did the Word Negro Become Taboo? In 1966 or soon thereafter. By Brian Palmer, Slate.com, Jan. 11, 2010
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negro (plural negroj, accusative singular negron, accusative plural negrojn)
- a Negro
- 1897,, A. Kofman, “El Heine: La sklavoŝipo”, Lingvo Internacia, volume 2, number 6-7, page 89:
- “Ses centojn da negroj mi ĉe Senegal
Akiris je prezo profita,
Malmola viando, simila al ŝton’,
La membroj — el ŝtalo forĝita.”- “600 negros at Senegal I acquired at a profitable price, hard meat, like stone, the members - from steel forged.”
- “Ses centojn da negroj mi ĉe Senegal
- 1897,, A. Kofman, “El Heine: La sklavoŝipo”, Lingvo Internacia, volume 2, number 6-7, page 89:
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[edit] Galician
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From Latin niger
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negro m. (feminine negra, masculine plural negros, feminine plural negras)
- black (colour)
[edit] Italian
[edit] Etymology
From Latin niger, nigrum.
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negro m. (f. negra, m plural negri, f plural negre)
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negro m. (plural negri)
- black, coloured
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[edit] Portuguese
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negro m. (plural negros, feminine singular negra, feminine plural negras)
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negro m. (feminine negra plural negros feminine plural negras; comparable)
- black (color)
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[edit] Spanish
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From Latin niger, nigrum.
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- Hyphenation: ne‧gro
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negro m. (plural negros)
- the black colour
- the black ethnicity
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negro m. (feminine negra, masculine plural negros, feminine plural negras)
- black (color)
- dirty
- sad
- clandestine
- (Spain) angry
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