negre
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 150: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., from Latin nigrum, accusative of niger.
Pronunciation
Adjective
negre (feminine negra, masculine and feminine plural negres)
- black (absorbing all light and reflecting none)
- black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin)
Derived terms
Noun
negre m (plural negres)
- black (color perceived in the absence of light)
Noun
negre m (plural negres, feminine negra)
- black person
See also
blanc | gris | negre |
roig, vermell; carmesí | taronja; marró | groc; crema |
verd llima | verd | |
cian; xarxet | atzur | blau |
violat; indi | magenta; lila, porpra | rosa |
Further reading
- “negre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “negre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “negre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “negre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Interlingua
Adjective
negre (comparative plus negre, superlative le plus negre)
- black (completely dark, absorbing all light)
- black (having a dark skin tone, mainly associated with African descent)
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
negre m
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Occitan negre, from Latin nigrum, accusative of niger.
Adjective
negre m (feminine singular negra, masculine plural negres, feminine plural negras)
Derived terms
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin nigrum, accusative of niger. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French noir, neir.
Adjective
negre
Descendants
Romanian
Pronunciation
Adjective
negre f pl
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