See nigga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "a friend, a black person",
"word": "nigger"
},
{
"sense": "a friend, a black person",
"word": "nizzle"
},
{
"sense": "a friend, a black person",
"word": "homie"
},
{
"word": "niggah"
},
{
"word": "nigguh"
},
{
"word": "nikka"
},
{
"word": "nikkah"
},
{
"word": "niqqa"
},
{
"word": "nugga"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "ethnic slur",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neger"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ethnic slur",
"word": "nekru"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ethnic slur",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nègre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ethnic slur",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "negro"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "crnčuga",
"sense": "ethnic slur",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "црнчуга"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ethnic slur",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "crioulo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ethnic slur",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "preto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "negr",
"sense": "ethnic slur",
"word": "негр"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ethnic slur",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "negro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ethnic slur",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "negrito"
}
],
"word": "nigga"
}
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