nigra

See also: Nigra

English

Etymology

A collateral form of negro with colloquial reduction of unstressed /oʊ/, /əʊ/ to /ə/ as in fella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪɡɹə/

Noun

nigra (plural nigras)

1. (now offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
   • 2012, Karen Fields, Barbara J. Fields, “Authors' Note”, in Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, Verso Books, →ISBN:

     She used the term nigger and its close South Carolina cognate nigra only when quoting others with disapproval.

See also

• linea nigra
• substantia nigra

Anagrams

• A ring, Grain, IgNAR, Ngari, Ragin, Rigan, agrin, grain, raign, raing

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin niger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniɡra/

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• Rhymes: -iɡra
• Syllabification: ni‧gra

Adjective

nigra (accusative singular nigran, plural nigraj, accusative plural nigrajn)

1. black

   nigra:  

   • 1983, Claude Piron, chapter 20, in Gerda malaperis!:

     Estas alta viro, maldika, kun nigraj haroj kaj verdaj okuloj.

     It's a tall man, thin, with black hair and green eyes.

Derived terms

• nigra nano (“black dwarf”)
• nigra truo (“black hole”)
• nigrigi
• nigro
• nigrulo (“a black person”)

See also

Colors in Esperanto · koloroj (layout · text)

blanka	griza	nigra
ruĝa; karmezina	oranĝokolora; oranĝkolora; oranĝo; bruna	flava; kremkolora
limekolora	verda
cejanblua; turkisa	lazura	blua
violkolora; viola; indiga	magenta; purpura	rozokolora

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto nigra, from Latin niger.

Adjective

nigra

1. black

   nigra:  

Derived terms

• nigro (“a black person (not specifically of African descent)”)
• nigra heleboro / heleboro nigra
• nigra truo
• nigreskar (“to blacken, become black, turn black”)
• nigrigar (“to blacken, make black, turn black”)

• nigratra (“darkish, dusky”)

Paronyms

• negra (“a person of African descent”)

See also

Colors in Ido · kolori (layout · text)

blanka	griza	nigra
reda; karmezina	oranjea; bruna	flava; kremea
limetea	verda
ciana	azurea	blua
violea; indigea	purpurea	rozea

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.ɡra]

Adjective

nigra

1. inflection of niger:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡraː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.ɡra]

Adjective

nigrā

1. ablative feminine singular of niger

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡraː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.ɡra]

Verb

nigrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of nigrō