"nero" meaning in Italian

See nero in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈne.ro/
Rhymes: -ero Etymology: From Latin nigrum. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|niger|nigrum}} Latin nigrum Head templates: {{it-adj|dim=nerétto,nerettìno,nerìno,neréllo<q:rare>,nerellìno<q:rare>|sup=nerissimo}} nero (feminine nera, masculine plural neri, feminine plural nere, superlative nerissimo, diminutive nerétto or nerettìno or nerìno or (rare) neréllo or (rare) nerellìno) Forms: nera [feminine], neri [masculine, plural], nere [feminine, plural], nerissimo [superlative], nerétto [diminutive], nerettìno [diminutive], nerìno [diminutive], neréllo [diminutive, rare], nerellìno [diminutive, rare], negro [alternative]
  1. black (color/colour)
    Sense id: en-nero-it-adj-V-v6f-BQ Categories (other): Blacks Disambiguation of Blacks: 25 29 4 4 18 20

Noun

IPA: /ˈne.ro/ Forms: neri [plural], negro [alternative]
Rhymes: -ero Etymology: From Latin nigrum. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|niger|nigrum}} Latin nigrum Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} nero m (plural neri)
  1. black (color/colour) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nero-it-noun-V-v6f-BQ Categories (other): Blacks Disambiguation of Blacks: 25 29 4 4 18 20
  2. fascist, the extreme right Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nero-it-noun-BAyNUXGT
  3. ink Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nero-it-noun-tyi353X3
  4. a person of black skin Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nero-it-noun-y50LspgJ Categories (other): Blacks Disambiguation of Blacks: 25 29 4 4 18 20
  5. (heraldry) sable Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nero-it-noun-z9kK-EA5 Categories (other): Heraldry, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with ignored alt parameters, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Blacks Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 10 4 17 62 Disambiguation of Italian links with ignored alt parameters: 5 6 17 6 6 59 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 6 7 19 7 7 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 0 3 3 3 3 20 3 3 3 3 18 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 2 2 2 2 27 2 2 2 2 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Blacks: 25 29 4 4 18 20 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: annerire, negro, nerastro, nereggiare, nerezza, nericcio, nerofumo, nerognolo, nerume

Inflected forms

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