niger

See also Niger, and nigger

English

Alternative forms

• ‎nyjer‎ (US, less common)

Noun

niger (uncountable)

1. A herb, Guizotia abyssinica, from Ethiopia, grown for its seed and edible oil.

Anagrams

• reign
• renig

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈni.ɡer/

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). See night.

Adjective

niger m (feminine nigra, neuter nigrum); first/second declension

1. black

   Nigrum in candida vertere.

   To turn black into white.

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	M.	F.	N.		MM.	FF.	NN.
nominative	niger	nigra	nigrum		nigrī	nigrae	nigra
genitive	nigrī	nigrae	nigrī		nigrōrum	nigrārum	nigrōrum
dative	nigrō	nigrae	nigrō		nigrīs	nigrīs	nigrīs
accusative	nigrum	nigram	nigrum		nigrōs	nigrās	nigra
ablative	nigrō	nigrā	nigrō		nigrīs	nigrīs	nigrīs
vocative	niger	nigra	nigrum		nigrī	nigrae	nigra

Synonyms

• (black): āter, fuscus

Derived terms

• subniger

Descendants

Aromanian: negru Catalan: negre English: negro, nigger French: nègre, noir Friulian: neri Italian: negro, nero Jèrriais: nièr Neapolitan: niro

Occitan: negre Portuguese: negro Romanian: negru Romansch: nair Russian: негр Sardinian: négru, niédhu Sicilian: nìuru Spanish: negro

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Swedish

Verb

niger

1. Present tense of niga.