different between negrito vs pygmy

English

Wikispecies

Noun

negrito (plural negritos)

1. Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia.

Anagrams

• ergotin, genitor, toe ring, toering, trigone

Italian

Noun

negrito m (plural negriti)

1. black skin

Anagrams

• integro, integrò
• ritegno
• ritengo
• tingerò
• trigone

Portuguese

Etymology

negro +? -ito

Noun

negrito m (plural negritos)

1. (typography) bold typeface

Spanish

Etymology

From negro (“black”) +? -ito (“diminutive suffix”). The -ito is generally thought to serve to make it less offensive (compare Portuguese negão). For the Philippine sense, the -ito comes from the general description of the small stature of the specified people upon their first encounter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne???ito/, [ne????i.t?o]

Noun

negrito m (plural negritos, feminine negrita, feminine plural negritas)

1. a person of African descent

Noun

negrito m (plural negritos)

1. (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay) austral negrito (bird species)
2. (Philippines) Negrito; A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of the Philippines, such as the Aeta people, or by extension, Southeast Asia

Derived terms

• negrito andino (“Andean negrito”) (bird species)

Adjective

negrito (feminine negrita, masculine plural negritos, feminine plural negritas)

1. (El Salvador) Excessively enthusiastic or insistent on getting one’s way

Further reading

• “negrito” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish negrito.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ne?gri?to

Noun

negrito

1. Negrito; A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of the Philippines, such as the Aeta people, or by extension, Southeast Asia.

English

Alternative forms

• pigmy

Etymology

From Latin Pygmae?, from Ancient Greek ???????? (pugmaîos, “a member of a race of dwarves”), from ????? (pugm?, “fist (as small as a fist)”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??mi?/

Noun

pygmy (plural pygmies)

1. (often capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.
2. (Greek mythology) A member of a race of dwarfs.
3. (figuratively, derogatory, offensive) Any dwarfish person or thing.
4. (figuratively, derogatory, offensive) An insignificant person, at least in some respect.

Synonyms

• dwarf
• midget

Antonyms

• giant
• ettin

Derived terms

Related terms

• pygmoid

Translations

Adjective

pygmy (comparative more pygmy, superlative most pygmy)

1. Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people.
2. Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind.

Synonyms

• pygmyish
• dwarfish

See also

• Negrito