negress
/ˈniːɡɹɪs/noun
negress is spelled N-E-G-R-E-S-S: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, negress means “A black female” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of negress is negresses.
How many letters and syllables are in negress?
| Letters | 7: N-E-G-R-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is negress?
Negress appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce negress?
- /ˈniːɡɹɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-negress.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of negress
- negresses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does negress mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedA black female.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of negress.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Negress in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense black female:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does negress come from?
From French négresse, from nègre. Equivalent to Negro + -ess.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).