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негр

uncommon #6532C2
nounmasculineanimatecountable

feminine негритя́нка

  • 1.

    black person, black man

    В нашей гру́ппе у́чится негр из Ганы.

    There is a black student from Ghana in our class.

    In Russian traditionally a neutral term, but increasingly avoided; the English cognate 'negro' is offensive, so translate as 'black person'.

  • 2.

    ghostwriter, hack (working for someone else)

    Э́ту кни́гу написа́л литерату́рный негр.

    This book was written by a ghostwriter.

    Chiefly in the set phrase литературный негр 'ghostwriter'.

  • 3.

    (rareabsurd combination, preposterous mixture

    Получи́лась по́месь не́гра с мотоци́клом.

    What came out was an absurd hodgepodge.

    Only in the humorous set phrase помесь негра с мотоциклом, said of something senselessly cobbled together.

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

не́гр

не́гры

Gen.Genitive

не́гра

не́гров

Dat.Dative

не́гру

не́грам

Acc.Accusative

не́гра

не́гров

Inst.Instrumental

не́гром

не́грами

Prep.Prepositional

не́гре

не́грах

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  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
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  • Sandy edited related words 3 years ago.
  • Sandy edited related words 3 years ago.