niger

Other forms of niger

plural

nigers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about niger

What does niger mean?

niger means "an African river; flows into the South Atlantic". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in niger?

niger has 2 syllables: ni-ger. The stress falls on "ni". In IPA it is /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/.

What is another word for niger?

Close synonyms include Niger River, Republic of Niger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is niger a common word?

niger is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.