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nero

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See also: Nero and Neró

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Karelian nero and Ludian ńero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnero/, [ˈne̞ro̞]
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification(key): ne‧ro
  • Hyphenation(key): ne‧ro

Noun

nero

  1. genius (someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

compounds

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Italian

Alternative forms

  • negro (part archaic, part borrowed from Spanish)

Etymology

From Latin nigrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈne.ro/
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  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Hyphenation: né‧ro

Adjective

nero (feminine nera, masculine plural neri, feminine plural nere, superlative nerissimo, diminutive nerétto or nerettìno or nerìno or (rare) neréllo or (rare) nerellìno)

  1. black (color/colour)

Noun

nero m (plural neri)

  1. black (color/colour)
  2. fascist, the extreme right
  3. ink
  4. a person of black skin
  5. (heraldry) sable

Descendants

  • → Greek: νέρος (néros)

See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
     bianco      argento; grigio      nero
             rosso; cremisi              arancione; marrone; bronzo              giallo; oro; crema
             verde chiaro; limetta              verde              verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro
             ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di tè              azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro              blu; blu scuro
             violetto; indaco              magenta; viola              rosa; fucsia; porpora

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Japanese

Romanization

nero

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ねろ

Karelian

More information North Karelian (Viena), South Karelian (Tver) ...

Etymology

Unknown, but related to Finnish nero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnʲero/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ro

Noun

nero (genitive neron, partitive neruo)

  1. talent
  2. genius

Declension

More information Viena Karelian declension of nero (type 1/tyttö, no gradation), singular ...
More information Tver Karelian declension of nero (type 1/tyttö no gradation), singular ...
More information Possessive forms of, 1st person ...

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “nero”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “nero”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 116
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Ludian

Etymology

Unknown, but related to Finnish nero. Sense “genius” a semantic loan from Finnish nero.

Noun

nero

  1. talent
  2. genius

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.rɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɔ
  • Syllabification: ne‧ro

Noun

nero f

  1. vocative singular of nera

Sabine

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nēr, itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.

Noun

nero

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. (as a noun) virtue, strength
    2. (as a proper noun) Nero
    3. (as an adjective) strong, valiant

Usage notes

The term is attested indirectly in various ancient glosses:

  • Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum Tib.1, 2:
    Inter cognomina autem et Neronis assumpsit, quod significatur lingua Sabina fortis ac strenuus.
    They added the name of "Nero" to their cognomina, which in the Sabine language means "strong" and "valiant"
  • Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 13, 23, 7:
    Id autem, sive "Nerio" sive "Nerienes" est, Sabinum verbum est, eoque significatur virtus et fortitudo.
    Whether it be "Nerio" or "Nerienes," it is a Sabine word meaning "virtue" and "strength."
  • John the Lydian, De Mensibus 4.60:
    νέρωνας τοὺς ἀνδρείους οἱ Σαβῖνοι καλοῦσιν.
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  • John the Lydian, De Magistratibus reipublicae Romanae 1.26:
    Νέρων ὁ ἰσχυρὸς τῇ Σαβίνων φωνῇ
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

It is possible that Gellius and John the Lydian sourced their information from Suetonius. It is also possible that the claims of the supposed Sabine origins of the Claudii family are fabricated, and thus the supposed Sabine origins of the term may also be fictitious.

Descendants

References

  • Annie Cecilia Burman (24 March 2018), De Lingua Sabina: A Reappraisal of the Sabine Glosses‎, →DOI, pages 126-127
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish enero, from Latin Iānuārius.

Noun

nero

  1. January

References

  • Stewart, Cloyd; Stewart, Ruth D.; colaboradores amuzgos (2000), Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎ (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish nero.

Noun

nero

  1. genius

Inflection

More information Inflection of (inflection type 1/ilo), nominative sing. ...

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “гений”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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