nèg

• IPA^(key): /nɛɡ/

• • Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

From nègre.

nèg m (plural nègs)

1. (Louisiana) alternative form of nègre

From Haitian Creole nèg.

nèg m (plural nègs)

1. (Montreal, slang) guy; dude; close friend

• See nègre.

• Louisiana Creole: nèg, nég

Inherited from French nègre (“black person”).

• IPA^(key): /nɛɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

nèg

1. guy, dude, man, nigga

Used similarly to the African-American vernacular term nigga.

• blan

• IPA^(key): /nɛɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Inherited from Louisiana French nègre (“Black person, Negro; buddy, friend”).

nèg

1. (dated, now derogatory, offensive) (a) Black person, (a) Negro
2. (derogatory) the Louisiana Creole language

   Synonyms: (potential negative connotation) fransé kasé, (more neutral) gombo, kouri-vini

3. (informal, sometimes offensive, see usage notes) (a) buddy, (a) pal, (a) friend, (a) fellow

   Synonyms: boug, djæk, padna, vyé, zami

   Mé nèg, komen ça va?

   Well buddy, how's it going?

   Mwa, mo çé vyé nèg.

   Me, I'm an old fella.

   • 1978, La Connexion Créole, “Ben Guine "Fivar,Fever"”, in YouTube‎^[1], retrieved 10 March 2022:

     Li dí, “Mo déja dí twa é tô nèg lá. Mo déja dí twa, mo pa lé kouri ojòrdi!

     He said, "I already told you and your friend. I already told you, I don't want to go [out to work] today!"

• In its informal sense, the term nèg is not derogatory, though some may object to its use by non-Black people (compare English nigga). Regardless, like its French counterpart nèg / nègre, the term is commonly used by speakers of all races in Louisiana.

• nég

Derived from French un (“an”) + French aigle (“eagle”), with the phonological liaison /n/ of the indefinite article re-analyzed as part of the noun.

nèg

1. (an) eagle

• lèg