negress

See also: Negress

English

Etymology

From French négresse, from nègre. Equivalent to Negro +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈniːɡɹɪs/

Noun

negress (plural negresses)

(dated, literary, now offensive and an ethnic slur) A black female.

Synonyms

(derogatory term for black woman): sheboon

Related terms

Translations

A black female

Arabic: زِنْجِيَّة‎ f (zinjiyya), زَنْجِيَّة‎ f (zanjiyya), سَوْدَاء‎ f (sawdāʾ)
Belarusian: негрыцянка f (nehrycjánka)
Bulgarian: негърка f (négǎrka)
Czech: černoška (cs) f
Dutch: negerin (nl) f, negervrouw f, zwarte (nl) f
Esperanto: negrino
Finnish: neekerinainen
French: négresse (fr) f, noire (fr) f
German: Negerin (de) f
Greek: νέγρη f (négri), αραπίνα (el) f (arapína)
Italian: nera (it) f, negra (it) f
Lithuanian: negrė f
Macedonian: црнка f (c'rnka)

Persian: دده‌سیاه‎ (dade-siyâh)
Polish: murzynka (pl) f
Portuguese: negra (pt) f
Romanian: negresă (ro) f
Russian: негритя́нка (ru) f (negritjánka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: црнкиња f

Roman: crnkinja (sh) f
Slovak: černoška (sk) f
Spanish: negra (es) f
Swedish: negress (sv) c
Ukrainian: муринка f (múrynka), негритянка f (nehrytjánka)

Anagrams

Gessner, Sengers

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