nèg
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Louisianan pronunciation of the French nègre (“friend, black”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nèg m (plural nègs)
Usage notes
[edit]- In Louisiana French, nègre has little or no racial connotation in most contexts.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Louisiana Creole: nèg
Haitian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from French nègre (“black person”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nèg
See also
[edit]Louisiana Creole
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from French nègre (“Black person, Negro; buddy, friend”).
Noun
[edit]nèg
- (derogatory) (a) Black person, (a) Negro
- (derogatory) the Louisiana Creole language
- Synonym: (potential negative connotation) fransé kasé
- Synonyms: (more neutral) gombo, kouri-vini
- (a) buddy, (a) pal, (a) friend, (a) fellow
Usage notes
[edit]- Though some speakers find this term offensive in all its senses, generally when meaning "buddy" the term carries little or no racial connotation and is often employed by speakers of all races. Compare Louisiana French nèg/nègre and the (attempted) reclamation of English nigga.
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Derived from French un (“an”) + French aigle (“eagle”), with the phonological liaison /n/ of the indefinite article re-analyzed as part of the noun.
Noun
[edit]nèg
- (an) eagle
Alternative forms
[edit]Categories:
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:French/ɛɡ
- Rhymes:French/ɛɡ/1 syllable
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Louisiana French
- Haitian Creole terms inherited from French
- Haitian Creole terms derived from French
- Haitian Creole terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Haitian Creole/ɛɡ
- Rhymes:Haitian Creole/ɛɡ/1 syllable
- Haitian Creole lemmas
- Haitian Creole nouns
- Louisiana Creole terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Louisiana Creole/ɛɡ
- Rhymes:Louisiana Creole/ɛɡ/1 syllable
- Louisiana Creole terms inherited from French
- Louisiana Creole terms derived from French
- Louisiana Creole lemmas
- Louisiana Creole nouns
- Louisiana Creole derogatory terms
- lou:Animals
- lou:Birds
- lou:Birds of prey
- lou:Eagles