Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negrito

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: negri-to
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia.

noun

A Mexican shrub of the vervain family, Citharexylum berlandieri.

noun

A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia.

Example Sentences

"The Negritos and the Semangs agree very closely in physical characteristics with each other and with the Andaman Islanders, while they differ in a marked manner from every Papuan race."

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish negrito (“short dark-skinned person”), from negro (“black person; dark-skinned person”) + -ito (“small; short; little”, diminutive suffix).

Inflected Forms

negritos (plural) Negritoes (plural)

Questions

What does negrito mean?: Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia.
Where does negrito come from?: Borrowed from Philippine Spanish negrito (“short dark-skinned person”), from negro (“black person; dark-skinned person”) + -ito (“small; short; little”, diminutive suffix).

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