black hole

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In reference to the physical concept (region of spacetime with extreme gravitational pull), physicist Hong-Yee Chiu attributed the term to his colleague Robert H. Dicke, who stated around 1960–1961 that the objects were like the Black Hole of Calcutta. The first known usage in print was by journalist Ann Ewing in 1964. Widespread popularization of the term is generally credited to a lecture in 1967 by the physicist John Wheeler.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: swartgat — celestial body
• Albanian: vrimë e zezë — celestial body
• Arabic: ثُقْب أَسْوَد (ṯuqb ʔaswad) — celestial body
• Armenian: սեւ խոռոչ (sew xoṙočʻ) — celestial body
• Asturian: furacu prietu — celestial body
• Asturian: fueyu prietu — celestial body
• Azerbaijani: qara dəlik — celestial body
• Azerbaijani: qara çuxur — celestial body
• Basque: zulo beltz — celestial body
• Belarusian: чо́рная дзіра́ (čórnaja dzirá) — celestial body
• Bengali: কৃষ্ণগহ্বর (kriśnogohbor) — celestial body
• Bengali: কৃষ্ণবিবর (kriśnobibor) — celestial body
• Bengali: ব্ল্যাকহোল (blêk-hol) — celestial body
• Bengali: ব্ল্যাক হোল (blêk hol) — celestial body
• Bulgarian: че́рна ду́пка (čérna dúpka) — celestial body
• Catalan: forat negre — celestial body
• Chechen: ӏаьржа ӏуьрг (ˀärža ˀürg) — celestial body
• Chinese Cantonese: 黑洞 — celestial body
• Chinese: 烏空 /乌空 (o͘-khang) — celestial body
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑洞 (hēidòng) — celestial body
• Cornish: toll du — celestial body
• Czech: černá díra — celestial body
• Danish: sort hul — celestial body
• Dutch: zwart gat — celestial body
• Esperanto: nigra truo — celestial body
• Estonian: must auk — celestial body
• Finnish: musta aukko — celestial body
• French: trou noir — celestial body
• Galician: burato negro — celestial body
• Georgian: შავი ხვრელი (šavi xvreli) — celestial body
• German: schwarzes Loch — celestial body
• Greek: μαύρη τρύπα (mávri trýpa) — celestial body
• Greek: μελανή οπή (melaní opí) — celestial body
• Gujarati: કૃષ્ણ વિવર (kŕṣṇ vivar) — celestial body
• Hebrew: חֹר שָׁחֹר — celestial body
• Hindi: कृष्ण विवर (kŕṣṇa vivar) — celestial body
• Hungarian: fekete lyuk — celestial body
• Icelandic: svarthol — celestial body
• Ido: nigra truo — celestial body
• Indonesian: lubang hitam — celestial body
• Ingush: ӏаьржа ӏург (ˀärža ˀurg) — celestial body
• Interlingua: cavo nigre — celestial body
• Irish: dúpholl — celestial body
• Italian: buco nero — celestial body
• Japanese: ブラックホール (burakku hōru) — celestial body
• Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪು ಕುಳಿ (kappu kuḷi) — celestial body
• Kazakh: қара құрдым (qara qūrdym) — celestial body
• Korean: 블랙홀 (beullaekhol) — celestial body
• Central Kurdish: کونەڕەش (kunerreş) — celestial body
• Kyrgyz: кара көңдөй (kara köŋdöy) — celestial body
• Lao: ຂຸມດໍາ (khum dam) — celestial body
• Latin: foramen nigrum — celestial body
• Latvian: melnais caurums — celestial body
• Lithuanian: juodoji skylė — celestial body
• Lombard: büüs negru — celestial body
• Luxembourgish: schwaarzt Lach — celestial body
• Macedonian: црна дупка (crna dupka) — celestial body
• Malay: lohong hitam — celestial body
• Malayalam: തമോദ്വാരം (tamōdvāraṁ) — celestial body
• Malayalam: തമോഗർത്തം (tamōgaṟttaṁ) — celestial body
• Maltese: toqba sewda — celestial body
• Marathi: कृष्णविवर (kŕṣṇavivar) — celestial body
• Mingrelian: უჩა რხვილი (uča rxvili) — celestial body
• Mongolian: хар нүх (xar nüx) — celestial body
• Norwegian Bokmål: svart hull — celestial body
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svart hol — celestial body
• Persian: سیاهچاله فضایی (siyâh-čâle fazâyi) — celestial body
• Persian: سیاهچاله (siyâh-čâle) — celestial body
• Polish: czarna dziura — celestial body
• Portuguese: buraco negro — celestial body
• Romanian: gaură neagră — celestial body
• Russian: чёрная дыра́ (čórnaja dyrá) — celestial body
• Samogitian: jouduojė skīlie — celestial body
• Sanskrit: कृष्ण विवर (kṛṣṇa vivara) — celestial body
• Serbo-Croatian: ڄرنآ رۆپآ — celestial body
• Serbo-Croatian: црна рупа — celestial body
• Serbo-Croatian: crna rupa — celestial body
• Sicilian: purtusu nìguru — celestial body
• Slovak: čierna diera — celestial body
• Slovene: črna luknja — celestial body
• Spanish: agujero negro — celestial body
• Spanish: hoyo negro — celestial body
• Svan: მეშხე ჴურუ (mešxe quru) — celestial body
• Swahili: shimo jeusi — celestial body
• Swedish: svart hål — celestial body
• Tagalog: itim na butas — celestial body
• Tamil: கருங்குழி (karuṅkuḻi) — celestial body
• Telugu: కాలబిలము (kālabilamu) — celestial body
• Thai: หลุมดํา (lǔm-dam) — celestial body
• Tumbuka: chidolozi chifipa — celestial body
• Turkish: kara delik — celestial body
• Ukrainian: чо́рна діра́ (čórna dirá) — celestial body
• Urdu: ثقب اسود (suqb asvad) — celestial body
• Uzbek: qora tuynuk — celestial body
• Vietnamese: hố đen — celestial body
• Vietnamese: lỗ đen — celestial body
• Volapük: siblägahog — celestial body
• Welsh: twll du — celestial body
• Yiddish: שוואַרצע לאָך (shvartse lokh) — celestial body
• Yiddish: שוואַרצלאָך (shvartslokh) — celestial body