негр
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
негр • (negr) m anim (genitive не́гра, nominative plural не́гры, genitive plural не́гров, feminine негритя́нка)
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- black (man); negro
- (colloquial, offensive, rare) someone who works for peanuts or for nothing, a slave
- (colloquial, rare) ghost writer (usually in the idiom "литературный негр")
Usage notes
- The usage of the words негр (negr) or негритя́нка (negritjánka) in Russian is generally considered proper and not pejorative/derogative.
- Until recently, this word was considered neutral in the Russian usage and preferred over "чёрный" ("black") and its derivatives.
- Due to recent Western influence, some people now avoid the term.
Declension
Synonyms
- ара́п (aráp), мавр (mavr) - dated
- африка́нец (afrikánec)
- а́фро-америка́нец (áfro-amerikánec) - (literally) African American (neologism, not commonly used)
- негро́ид (negróid)
- черножо́пый (černožópyj) - vulgar, derogatory, offensive
- черноко́жий (černokóžij)
- чернома́зый (černomázyj) - vulgar, derogatory, offensive
- чёрный (čórnyj) - (literally) black (can be offensive, although it's more commonly used to describe the natives of Caucasus)
Derived terms
- негритя́нка (negritjánka) - black woman
- негритёнок (negritjónok) - little black boy
- негритя́нский (negritjánskij, adjective)
- негрито́с (negritós), негрито́ска (negritóska, noun) (offensive)
Descendants
- → Armenian: նեգր (negr)
Etymology 2
Noun
негр • (negr) m anim (genitive не́гра, nominative plural не́гры, genitive plural не́гров)
- (colloquial) abbreviation of неграждани́н (negraždanín): non-citizen (used primarily in Latvia and Estonia)
- Тем не ме́нее, есть нема́ло «не́гров», кото́рые принципиа́льно не хотя́т получа́ть гражда́нство Ла́твии.
- Tem ne méneje, jestʹ nemálo «négrov», kotóryje principiálʹno ne xotját polučátʹ graždánstvo Látvii.
- Nevertheless, there are many non-citizens who don't want to acquire Latvian citizenship on principle.
Declension
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