niger

See also: Niger and Níger

English

Alternative forms

• nyjer (US, less common)

Noun

niger (uncountable)

1. An Ethiopian herb, Guizotia abyssinica, grown for its seed and edible oil.

Anagrams

• Negri, Reign, nigre, re-nig, reign

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɡer/, [ˈnɪ.ɡɛr]

Adjective

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

1. shining black (as opposed to ater, dull black)

   Nigrum in candida vertere.

   To turn black into white.

2. bad; evil; ill-omened

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	niger	nigra	nigrum		nigrī	nigrae	nigra
genitive	nigrī	nigrae	nigrī		nigrōrum	nigrārum	nigrōrum
dative	nigrō		nigrō		nigrīs
accusative	nigrum	nigram	nigrum		nigrōs	nigrās	nigra
ablative	nigrō	nigrā	nigrō		nigrīs
vocative	niger	nigra	nigrum		nigrī	nigrae	nigra

Synonyms

• (black): fuscus

Antonyms

• (shining white): candidus

Derived terms

• nigellus
• nigritia
• subniger

Descendants

• Aragonese: negro
• Aromanian: negru
• Asturian: negru, ñegru, nigru, ñiegru
• Catalan: negre
• Dalmatian: niar
• Emilian: naigher
• English: negro (via Spanish and Portuguese), nigger, nigga (via Spanish)
• Extremaduran: negru
• Franco-Provençal: nêr
• French: nègre (via Spanish), noir
• Friulian: neri
• Galician: negro
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: negru
• Ido: nigra
• Istriot: nìgro, nìgaro
• Istro-Romanian: negru
• Italian: negro, nero
• Norman: nièr
• Karipúna Creole French: nué, nég
• Ladin: neigher
• Leonese: negru

• Ligurian: neigro
• Lombard: négar, neghér, neir, néiru
• Megleno-Romanian: negru
• Middle French: noir
• Mirandese: negro
• Mozarabic: نَاغْرُ‏ (négro)
• Neapolitan: niro
• Occitan: negre, ner, nèir
• Old French: noir
• Old Portuguese: negro
• Old Provençal: ner, neir, negre
• Piedmontese: neir, négher
• Portuguese: negro, nego
• Romanian: negru
• Romansch: nair, neir, negher
• Russian: негр (negr)
• Sardinian: négru, niédhu, nighedhu
• Sicilian: nìuru, nìguru, nigru, niru
• Spanish: negro
• Venetian: nero, negro
• Walloon: noer

References

• niger in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• niger in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “niger” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• niger in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• niger in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English nigger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nîɡer/
• Hyphenation: ni‧ger

Noun

nȉger m (Cyrillic spelling ни̏гер)

1. (slang, pejorative) nigger

Declension

Declension of niger

	singular	plural
nominative	niger	nigeri
genitive	nigera	nigera
dative	nigeru	nigerima
accusative	niger	nigere
vocative	nigere	nigeri
locative	nigeru	nigerima
instrumental	nigerem	nigerima

Synonyms

• cr̀nac

References

• “niger” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Verb

niger

1. Present tense of niga.