nigra

== English == === Etymology === A collateral form of negro with colloquial reduction of unstressed /oʊ/, /əʊ/ to /ə/ as in fella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɪɡɹə/ === Noun === nigra (plural nigras) (now offensive, ethnic slur) A black person. === See also === linea nigra substantia nigra === Anagrams === A ring, Grain, IgNAR, Ngari, Ragin, Rigan, agrin, grain, raign, raing == Esperanto == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin niger. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈniɡra/ Rhymes: -iɡra Syllabification: ni‧gra === Adjective === nigra (accusative singular nigran, plural nigraj, accusative plural nigrajn) black ==== Derived terms ==== nigra nano (“black dwarf”) nigra truo (“black hole”) nigrigi nigro nigrulo (“a black person”) === See also === === Further reading === “nigra”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “nigra”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present == Ido == === Etymology === From Esperanto nigra, from Latin niger. === Adjective === nigra black ==== Derived terms ==== nigro (“a black person (not specifically of African descent)”) nigra heleboro / heleboro nigra nigra truo nigreskar (“to blacken, become black, turn black”) nigrigar (“to blacken, make black, turn black”) nigratra (“darkish, dusky”) ==== Paronyms ==== negra (“a person of African descent”) === See also === == Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation 1 ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.ɡra] ===== Adjective ===== nigra inflection of niger: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural ==== Pronunciation 2 ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡraː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.ɡra] ===== Adjective ===== nigrā ablative feminine singular of niger === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡraː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.ɡra] ==== Verb ==== nigrā second-person singular present active imperative of nigrō