niger

niger

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English

Etymology

From the name of the Niger River, from Latin Nigris. See further etymology at Niger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Noun

niger (uncountable)

  1. An Ethiopian herb, Guizotia abyssinica, grown for its seed and edible oil.
    Synonyms: noog, noug, nug

References

  • “Niger, n.2.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2003.

Anagrams

  • Grein, Negri, Reign, nigre, re-nig, reign, renig, ringe

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (bare, naked) if this root is assumed also to be the source of *nókʷts (night) (Latin nox), thus “black” would attest the intermediate meaning between “bare” and “night”. Cognate of Umbrian niru (accusative case) possibly "dark, black".

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈni.ɡer/, [ˈnɪɡɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.d͡ʒer/, [ˈniːd͡ʒer]

Adjective

niger (feminine nigra, neuter nigrum, superlative nigerrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. wan, shining black (as opposed to āter, dull black)
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:niger.
  2. bad; evil; ill-omened

Usage notes

  • Widely used as a specific epithet.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Synonyms

  • (black): fuscus

Antonyms

  • (shining white): candidus

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: negru, negur, neguru
    • Istro-Romanian: negru
    • Megleno-Romanian: negru
    • Romanian: negru
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: negru, neru
    • Italian: negro, nero
    • Neapolitan: niro
    • Sicilian: nìuru, nigru, niru, nìvuru
  • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Emilian: naigher
      • Ligurian: neigro
      • Lombard: negar, negher
      • Piedmontese: neir, négher
      • Romagnol: négar, nìgar
    • Friulian: neri
    • Istriot: nìgro, nìgaro
    • Ladin: neigher
    • Romansch: nair, neir, ner, negher
    • Venetian: nero
      • Dalmatian: niar
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: nêr
    • Old French: noir, neir
      • Middle French: noir (see there for further descendants)
      • Norman: nièr, ; naer; nei
      • Walloon: noer
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Catalan: negre
      • Aragonese: negre
    • Gascon: nere
    • Old Occitan: negre, ner, neir
      • Occitan: negre, ner, nèir
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: negro
    • Old Leonese: [Term?]
      • Asturian: negru, ñegru, nigru, ñiegru
      • Extremaduran: negru
      • Leonese: negru
      • Mirandese: negro
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: negro
      • Galician: negro
      • Portuguese: negro
        • Papiamentu: negru
    • Spanish: negro (see there for further descendants)
  • Borrowings:
    • Ido: nigra
    • Interlingua: nigre

See also

References

  • Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–), “*/ˈnɪɡr-u/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

Further reading

  • 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English nigger.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nȉger m (Cyrillic spelling ни̏гер)

  1. (slang, derogatory) nigger
    Synonym: cr̀nac

Declension

References

  • “niger” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Verb

niger

  1. present of niga

Anagrams

  • Inger, inger, regin, ringe

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