negro – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
negro
adj.
(Anthropology) dark-skinned, black-skinned; of Black and dark-skinned African races (derogatory in modern usage)
n.
member of a Black or dark-skinned African race (Anthropology); African-American (derogatory in modern usage)
Negro
The word
Negro (plural,
Negroes) was used in the
English-speaking world to refer to a person of
black ancestry or appearance.
Negro denotes "black" in Spanish and Portuguese, derived from the ancient
Latin word , meaning
black, which itself is probably from a
Proto-Indo-European root *nekw-, "to be dark", akin to
*nokw-,
night.
Negro
Noun
1. a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
(synonym) Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negroid
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) Negress
(member-holonym) Black race, Negroid race, Negro race
(classification) Africa
negro
Adjective
1. relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair
(similar) black
négro
pref.
nigger, extremely offensive term for a dark-skinned person
negro
adj.
negro, black, dark-skinned, black-skinned, of Black and dark-skinned African races
negro
nm.
negro, member of a Black or dark-skinned African race
