negru

• negur, neguru

From Latin nigrum. Compare Daco-Romanian negru.

negru (feminine neagrã, masculine plural negri, feminine plural neagri or neagre)

1. black

   Synonym: lai

• ñegru, nigru, ñiegru

From Latin nigrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɡɾu/ [ˈne.ɣ̞ɾu]
• Rhymes: -eɡɾu
• Syllabification: ne‧gru

negru m sg (feminine singular negra, neuter singular negro, masculine plural negros, feminine plural negres)

1. black (absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless)

   Synonym: prietu

   Antonym: blancu

2. black (of coffee, without any cream, milk or creamer)

   café negro ― black coffee

negru m (plural negros)

1. black (the color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed)

   Antonym: blancu

• “negru (adjective)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• “negru (noun)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “negru (adjective)”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛɡru/

negru (feminine negra, masculine plural negri, feminine plural negre)

1. archaic form of neru

negru m (plural negri)

1. archaic form of neru

• “neru, negru” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

From Latin nigrum

negru

1. black

Inherited from Latin nigrum.

negru (feminine negrę, neuter negro, plural negri)

1. black

From Latin nigrum

negru m sg (feminine singular negra, masculine plural negros, feminine plural negras)

1. black

• “negru”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Russian негр (negr).

negru

1. black person; negro

• Negru is a loanword from Russian. Within Russian Karelia, the word is generally non-offensive and is not a considered slur, and refers to any person with black skin.

From Latin nigrum.

negru (feminine neagră, masculine plural negri, feminine plural neagri)

1. black

• nigreață

• негру (negru) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Inherited from Latin nigrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡru/

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• Rhymes: -eɡru
• Hyphenation: ne‧gru

negru m or n (feminine singular neagră, masculine plural negri, feminine and neuter plural negre)

1. black
2. (figuratively) dirty, grimy

• alb

• negreală
• negricios
• negriu
• negruț

• negreață
• înnegri

negru n (uncountable)

1. black (color)

negru m (plural negri, feminine equivalent negresă)

1. black person; a person of Sub-Saharan African descent

   Synonyms: african, persoană de culoare, (dated) arap