English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Spanish negro “ black ” ).
Alternative forms [ edit ] Negro (plural Negroes or Negros
( dated ) A person with black or dark brown skin and of African descent .
1899 , Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness :
And every week the messenger, a long negro , letter-bag on shoulder and staff in hand, left our station for the coast.
1963, Martin Luther King , Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro . Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gained.
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
person with dark skin
Afrikaans: neger
Albanian: arap (sq) , zezak
Arabic: زنجي m zínji, zánji ), أسود (ar) m ʾáswad ), سوداء f sawdāʾ )
Armenian: նեգր negr )
Azeri: zənci (az) , negr
Belarusian: негр m nehr ), негрыцянка f nehrycjánka )
Bulgarian: негър (bg) m négǎr ), негърка f négǎrka )
Burmese: ကပ္ပလီ (my) (ká pa̱ li )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑人 (zh) (hēirén )
Chiricahua: indaadiłhiłú , indaa diłhilénde (Chiricahua); łizhínde , t’eeshínde (Mescalero)
Czech: černoch (cs) m černoška f
Danish: neger (da)
Dutch: neger (nl) m negerin f
Estonian: neeger
Finnish: neekeri (fi)
French: nègre (fr) m
Georgian: ზანგი zangi ), ნეგრი negri )
German: Neger (de) m Negerin f
Greek: νέγρος (el) m négros ), νέγρη f négri ), νέγροι (el) pl négroi )
Hindi: नीग्रो nīgro )
Hungarian: néger (hu)
Indonesian: negro (id)
Italian: nero (it) m nera (it) f
Japanese: 黒人 こくじん, kokujin )
Kazakh: дәңгі däñgi ), зәңгі zäñgi ), негр negr )
Khmer: ជនជាតិនីក្រូ cɔɔn ciet niikroo )
Korean: 흑인 (ko) (heuk-in ) (黑人 (ko) )
Kyrgyz: негр (ky) (negr )
Lao: ແຂກດຳ kʰɛ̏ːk dam )
Latvian: nēģeris m
Lithuanian: negras m
Macedonian: црнец m c'rnec ), црнка f c'rnka )
Malay: negro
Mongolian: негр negr )
Navajo: Naakaii łizhinii Zhinii
Norwegian: neger (no)
Persian: زنگی (fa) (zangi )
Polish: murzyn (pl) m murzynka (pl) f
Portuguese: negro (pt) m negra (pt) f
Romanian: negru (ro) m negresă (ro) f
Russian: ( neutral ) негр (ru) m negr ), негритянка (ru) f negritjánka )
Scottish Gaelic: duine dubh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: црнац m црнкиња f
Roman: crnac m crnkinja f
Sinhalese: නීග්රෝ (si) (nīgrō )
Slovak: černoch m černoška f
Slovene: črnec m
Spanish: negro (es) m negra (es) f
Swedish: neger (sv) , negress f
Tajik: зангӣ zangī )
Thai: คนผิวดำ kon pĭw-dam ), คนดำ kon dam )
Turkish: zenci (tr)
Turkmen: negr
Ukrainian: мурин m múryn ), муринка f múrynka ), негр m nehr ), негритянка f nehrytjánka )
Urdu: نیگرو nīgro )
Uzbek: habash zanji barzangi (uz) , negr
Vietnamese: người da đen
Western Apache: Indaa diłhiłé Innaa diłhiłé Ndaa diłhiłé Nnaa diłhiłé
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