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negrette

negrette noun: a black female. Also the alternative form of Negretti.

Noun (1)

negrette (plural negrettes)

  1. (ethnic, offensive, rare, slur) A black female.
    • What's up negros and negrettes? / It's your boy Warren G / You know what I'm saying? / Chillin' with the home boy Mack 101999 October 12, Warren Griffin III, Dedrick Rolison, “I Want It All” (track 5), in I Want It All, performed by Warren G
    Synonyms:
    negress, BIPOC, BME, colored, colored person, minority, nonwhite, person of color

Proper noun capitalized: Negrette

Negrette (plural Negrettes)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Noun (2) capitalized: Negrette

Negrette (plural Negrettes)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Negretti (“sheep of a Merino strain”).

Also used as

negrette is also the alternative form of Negretti.

Synonyms of negrette

Forms of negrette

Noun
pluralnegrettes
pluralNegrettes
Proper noun
pluralNegrettes

Origin of negrette

From Negro + -ette.

See Negretti.

Probably a variant of Negrete. This variant is mostly found in Venezuela.

Questions about negrette

What does negrette mean?
Negrette means a black female.
What part of speech is negrette?
Negrette can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of negrette?
The plural of negrette is negrettes.

Words near negrette in the dictionary

  1. Negrescu
  2. negress
  3. negresses
  4. Negrete
  5. Negretes
  6. negrette
  7. negrettes
  8. Negretti
  9. Negrettis
  10. Negrești
  11. Negri

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