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black-haired

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)d

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having hair of a black color.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: noirette

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eumelanic, melanocomous

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

having hair of a dark color

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dark-haired beauty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dark-haired, brown-haired

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From black + haired.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: чорнавало́сы (čornavalósy) — having black hair
  • Czech: černovlasý — having black hair
  • Danish: sorthåret — having black hair
  • Dutch: zwartharig — having black hair
  • German: schwarzhaarig — having black hair
  • German: schwatt — having black hair
  • Greek: μαυρομάλλης (mavromállis) — having black hair
  • Greek: μελαχρινός (melachrinós) — having black hair
  • Hungarian: fekete hajú — having black hair
  • Irish: dubh — having black hair
  • Irish: ceanndubh — having black hair
  • Irish: cúldubh — having black hair
  • Irish: dubhfholtach — having black hair
  • Japanese: 黒髪の (kurokami no) — having black hair
  • Korean: 흑발(黒髪)의 (heukbar-ui) — having black hair
  • Latvian: tumšmatains — having black hair
  • Macedonian: црнокос (crnokos) — having black hair
  • Macedonian: калеш (kaleš) — having black hair
  • Manx: doo — having black hair
  • Middle English: blak — having black hair
  • Old Norse: svartr — having black hair
  • Polish: czarnowłosy — having black hair
  • Russian: черноволосый (černovolosyj) — having black hair
  • Serbo-Croatian: црнокос — having black hair
  • Serbo-Croatian: crnòkos — having black hair
  • Spanish: moreno — having black hair
  • Spanish: pelinegro — having black hair
  • Swedish: svarthårig — having black hair
  • Ukrainian: чорноволо́сий (čornovolósyj) — having black hair