# negre
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan negre, from Latin nigrum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈnɛ.ɣɾə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈnə.ɣɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈne.ɣɾe]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Audio (Catalonia):(file)

### Adjective

negre (feminine negra, masculine and feminine plural negres)
* black (absorbing all light and reflecting none)
* black, Black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin)

#### Derived terms

* bèstia negra
* caixa negra
* caranegre
* ennegrir
* forat negre
* golanegre
* negrejar
* negrer
* oliva negra
* vi negre

### Noun

negre m (plural negres)
* black (color perceived in the absence of light)

### Noun

negre m (plural negres, feminine negra)
* black person
* ghostwriter

### See also

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text) :
| blanc | gris | negre |
| roig, vermell; carmesí | taronja; marró | groc; crema |
| verd llima | verd | |
| cian; xarxet | atzur | blau |
| violat; indi | magenta; lila, porpra | rosa |

### Further reading

* “negre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “negre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “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.

## Interlingua
### Adjective

negre (comparative plus negre, superlative le plus negre)
* black (completely dark, absorbing all light)
* black (having a dark skin tone, mainly associated with African descent)

#### Related terms

* negra
* negro

## Middle French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɛɡrə/

### Noun

negre
* person of African descent [from 16th c.]

#### Descendants

* French: nègre

### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* negere, negrer

### Noun

negre m
* indefinite plural of neger

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* ner, nèir

### Etymology

From Old Occitan negre, from Latin nigrum.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* espin negre
* moge negre
* moja negra

## Old Occitan
### Alternative forms

* ner, neir

### Etymology

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

### Adjective

negre
* black

#### Descendants

* Occitan: negre, ner, nèir

## Portuguese
### Noun

negre n (plural negres, masculine negro, masculine plural negros, feminine negra, feminine plural negras)
* (gender-neutral, neologism, informal) gender-neutral singular of negro

### Adjective

negre m or f (plural negres)
* (gender-neutral, neologism, informal) gender-neutral singular of negro
** 2020 November 30, Hiana Santos, Koda Gabriel, Negres - Uma Antologia Preta [Negres - A Black Anthology]‎, 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.

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈne.ɡre]

### Adjective

negre
* feminine plural of negru