Phrase guide

black ice

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk; nearly invisible but very hazardous

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ice, water ice

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جَلِيد أَسْوَد (jalīd ʔaswad) — invisible film of ice
  • Armenian: մերկասառույց (merkasaṙuycʻ) — invisible film of ice
  • Asturian: xelu negro — invisible film of ice
  • Bashkir: боҙлауыҡ (boźlawıq) — invisible film of ice
  • Basque: euri izoztu — invisible film of ice
  • Belarusian: галалёдзіца (halaljódzica) — invisible film of ice
  • Bulgarian: поледица (poledica) — invisible film of ice
  • Carpathian Rusyn: полéдіця (polédicja) — invisible film of ice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑冰 (hēibīng) — invisible film of ice
  • Czech: náledí — invisible film of ice
  • Danish: islag — invisible film of ice
  • Dutch: ijzel — invisible film of ice
  • Esperanto: glatglacio — invisible film of ice
  • Faroese: svartakálk — invisible film of ice
  • Faroese: svarthálka — invisible film of ice
  • Faroese: svartagler — invisible film of ice
  • Faroese: vátagler — invisible film of ice
  • Finnish: musta jää — invisible film of ice
  • French: verglas — invisible film of ice
  • French: glace noire — invisible film of ice
  • West-Frisian: izel — invisible film of ice
  • Georgian: ლიპყინული (liṗq̇inuli) — invisible film of ice
  • German: Glatteis — invisible film of ice
  • German: Blitzeis — invisible film of ice
  • German: überfrierende Nässe — invisible film of ice
  • German: Eisglätte — invisible film of ice
  • Greek: μαύρος πάγος (mávros págos) — invisible film of ice
  • Hungarian: jegesedés — invisible film of ice
  • Ingrian: gololeditsa — invisible film of ice
  • Irish: oighear dubh — invisible film of ice
  • Italian: vetrone — invisible film of ice
  • Italian: ghiaccio nero — invisible film of ice
  • Japanese: アイスバーン (aisubān) — invisible film of ice
  • Japanese: ブラックアイスバーン (burakku aisubān) — invisible film of ice
  • Japanese: 黒氷 (kurokōri) — invisible film of ice
  • Japanese: 透明氷 (tōmeikōri) — invisible film of ice
  • Japanese: 雨氷 — invisible film of ice
  • Kazakh: көктайғақ (köktaiğaq) — invisible film of ice
  • Korean: 빙판 (bingpan) — invisible film of ice
  • Korean: 빙판길 (bingpan'gil) — invisible film of ice
  • Korean: 도로 살얼음 (doro sareoreum) — invisible film of ice
  • Korean: 블랙아이스 (beullaegaiseu) — invisible film of ice
  • Latvian: apledojums — invisible film of ice
  • Lithuanian: plikledis — invisible film of ice
  • Macedonian: поледица (poledica) — invisible film of ice
  • Norman: verglias — invisible film of ice
  • Occitan: glaç negre — invisible film of ice
  • Polish: gołoledź — invisible film of ice
  • Polish: czarny lód — invisible film of ice
  • Polish: ślizgawica — invisible film of ice
  • Polish: ślizgawka — invisible film of ice
  • Polish: szklanka — invisible film of ice
  • Portuguese: gelo negro — invisible film of ice
  • Romanian: polei — invisible film of ice
  • Romanian: ghețuș — invisible film of ice
  • Russian: гололе́дица (gololédica) — invisible film of ice
  • Russian: гололёд (gololjód) — invisible film of ice
  • Samogitian: plikšals — invisible film of ice
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀ледица — invisible film of ice
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòledica — invisible film of ice
  • Sicilian: jelu — invisible film of ice
  • Sicilian: jilata — invisible film of ice
  • Slovak: poľadovica — invisible film of ice
  • Spanish: placa de hielo — invisible film of ice
  • Spanish: verglás — invisible film of ice
  • Swedish: blixthalka — invisible film of ice
  • Swedish: svarthalka — invisible film of ice
  • Tamil: கரும் பனி (karum paṉi) — invisible film of ice
  • Ukrainian: ожеле́диця (oželédycja) — invisible film of ice
  • Ukrainian: о́желедь (óželedʹ) — invisible film of ice
  • Ukrainian: ожеле́да (oželéda) — invisible film of ice
  • Vietnamese: băng đen — invisible film of ice
  • Volapük: frodaglad — invisible film of ice
  • Walloon: waerglaece — invisible film of ice
  • Walloon: noere glaece — invisible film of ice
  • Walloon: waergla — invisible film of ice
  • Welsh: plymen — invisible film of ice
  • Welsh: glasrew — invisible film of ice
  • Welsh: durew — invisible film of ice
  • Yakut: килэҥ (kileŋ) — invisible film of ice