negre

Inherited from Old Catalan negre, from Latin nigrum.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈnɛ.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈnə.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈne.ɣɾe]

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negre (feminine negra, masculine and feminine plural negres)

1. black (absorbing all light and reflecting none)
2. black, Black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin)

negre m (plural negres)

1. black (color perceived in the absence of light)

negre m (plural negres, feminine negra, feminine plural negres)

1. black person
2. ghostwriter

• “negre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “negre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “negre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “negre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

negre (comparative plus negre, superlative le plus negre)

1. black (completely dark, absorbing all light)
2. black (having a dark skin tone, mainly associated with African descent)

• negra
• negro

Borrowed from Spanish negro, from Latin nigrum, the accusative form of niger (“black”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛɡrə/

negre

1. person of African descent [from 16th c.]

• French: nègre

• “negre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• negere, negrer

negre m

1. indefinite plural of neger

• ner, nèir

From Old Occitan negre, from Latin nigrum.

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negre m (feminine singular negra, masculine plural negres, feminine plural negras)

1. black

• ner, neir

From Latin niger. Cf. Old French noir, neir.

negre

1. black

• Gascon: nere
• Occitan: negre, ner, nèir

negre n (plural negres, feminine negra, feminine plural negras, masculine negro, masculine plural negros)

1. (gender-neutral, neologism, informal) gender-neutral singular of negro

negre m or f (plural negres)

1. (gender-neutral, neologism, informal) gender-neutral singular of negro
   • 2020 November 30, Hiana Santos, Koda Gabriel, Negres - Uma Antologia Preta [Negres - A Black Anthology]‎^[1], Burn Books:

     Nossa cultura naturalizou que os corpos negres sejam somente sofredores que morrem no final ou que só conseguem ser minimamente bem-sucedidos quando ajudados por um branco.

     Our culture naturalized that our black bodies are only sufferers who die in the end or who can only be minimally successful when helped by a white person.

• IPA^(key): [ˈne.ɡre]

negre

1. feminine plural of negru