nègre

common nounadjective

Syllable Decomposition

gre

from Spanish negro (black, black person), from Latin niger ("black"); (1704) "black person employed as a slave"; (1757) "writer whose works are signed by another"; (1759) adjectival use "of the black race"; (1812) "tireless or exploited worker" to work like a negro; (1857) "creole, poor French" to speak negro, pidgin; (1922) "African" negro art.

Definitions

histoire
histoire

Feminine

négresse

Plural

nègres

Translations

  • germangerman:Auftragsschreiber
  • englishenglish:ghostauthor
  • danishdanish:neger
  • finnishfinnish:haamukirjailija
  • italianitalian:ghostwriter
  • dutchdutch:ghostwriter
  • portugueseportuguese:ghost-writer
  • turkishturkish:zenci
  • greekgreek:νέγρος
  • chinesechinese:代笔作家
  • koreankorean:대필작가
  • spanishspanish:negro
  • hebrewhebrew:סופר צללים
  • japanesejapanese:ゴーストライター
  • russianrussian:литературный негр
  • swedishswedish:spökskrivare

See also

négriat (cn.) négrier (cn.) nègres (adj.)