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negru
black /ˈne.gru/
adjective#485 most common
Also: dark, black person (dated, often offensive as a noun)
Example sentences
Pisica este neagră.
The cat is black.
Am o rochie neagră.
I have a black dress.
El poartă un tricou negru.
He is wearing a black t-shirt.
Cerul a devenit negru înainte de furtună.
The sky turned black before the storm.
Piața neagră afectează economia țării.
The black market affects the country's economy.
Umorul negru nu este pe placul tuturor.
Black humor is not to everyone's taste.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | negru | negri |
| Genitive | negru | negri |
| Accusative | negru | negri |
| Vocative | negrule | negrilor |
Word family
înnegrito blacken, to darken
negreațăblackness, darkness
negriciosblackish, dark-toned
Marea Neagrăthe Black Sea
Etymology
Negru comes from Latin niger, nigra, nigrum, meaning black. Romanian inherited it directly as part of its core vocabulary of colors, alongside words like alb (white) and roșu (red). The same Latin root gave rise to the words for black across most of the Romance family. The deeper origin of the Latin word within Indo-European is not firmly established, so no reconstructed root is given here.
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