how to pronounce негр

/nʲeɡr/

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негр is pronounced in one syllable

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meanings of негр

noun:

  1. Abbreviation of неграждани́н (negraždanín): non-citizen (used primarily in Latvia and Estonia).
  2. Someone who works for peanuts or for nothing, a slave.
  3. Black (man); negro.
  4. Ghost writer (usually in the idiom литерату́рный негр (literatúrnyj negr)).

негр frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word негр occurs in russian on average 1.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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