negro

  • 11negro — UK [ˈniːɡrəʊ] / US [ˈnɪɡroʊ] or Negro UK / US noun [countable] Word forms negro : singular negro plural negroes offensive a black person. This word is now considered offensive but until the second half of the 20th century it was an accepted word …

    English dictionary

  • 12Negro — Ne gro (n[=e] gr[ o]), n.; pl. {Negroes} (n[=e] gr[=o]z). [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.] A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13negro — negro, ra adjetivo y sustantivo masculino 1) prieto. ≠ claro. Prieto es casi negro, muy oscuro. adjetivo y sustantivo 2) moreno, trigueño, de color. ≠ blanco. Si se tr …

    Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

  • 14negro- — DEFINICIJA kao prvi dio riječi označava da se drugi dio odnosi na crno i crnce ONOMASTIKA pr. (nadimačka, za osobe crne puti ili kose, usp. Crnić, Črnja, Fekete, Karadžić, Schwarz i sl.): Nȇgri (Labin, Istra), Négrić (Opatija, Primorje), Négro… …

    Hrvatski jezični portal

  • 15Negro — Negro, Negress Negro and even more, Negress, have dropped out of favour (except with historical reference and among American Blacks themselves). The standard terms are now black (or Black) and (in America) African American. The plural of Negro is …

    Modern English usage

  • 16Negro — Negro, 1) Fluß im Königreich Neapel; entspringt in der Provinz Basilicata, fließt durch Principato citra u. fällt in den Silaris; 2) Vorgebirge auf der Westküste von Sicilien, bei Avola; 3) Meerbusen an dem Küstenland Adel in Ostafrika; 4) Cap N …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 17Negro — ► NOUN (pl. Negroes) ▪ a member of a dark skinned group of peoples originally native to Africa south of the Sahara. USAGE The term Negro is now regarded as old fashioned or even offensive; black is the preferred term. ORIGIN from Latin niger… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 18Negro — Negro1 [nē′grō] n. pl. Negroes [Sp & Port negro, black, black person < L niger, black] 1. a member of any of the indigenous dark skinned peoples of Africa, living chiefly south of the Sahara 2. a person having some African ancestors; a black… …

    English World dictionary

  • 19Negro — (ital.), schwarz (häufig in geographischen Bezeichnungen, wie Montenegro etc.). Im Englischen ist N. (spr. nīgro, Nigger) soviel wie Neger …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 20Negro — (engl., spr. nihgro), s.v.w. Neger …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon