Phrase guide

black rhinoceros

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A rhinoceros, of species Diceros bicornis, in the family Rhinocerotidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

African rhino; in danger of extinction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Diceros bicornis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rhinoceros, rhino

History

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Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: swartrenoster — Diceros bicornis
  • Arabic: وحيد القرن الأسود — Diceros bicornis
  • Avar: чӏегӏераб гъаргъадан (čʼeʻerab ğarğadan) — Diceros bicornis
  • Azerbaijani: qara kərgədan — Diceros bicornis
  • Basque: errinozero beltz — Diceros bicornis
  • Breton: frikorneg du — Diceros bicornis
  • Bulgarian: черен носорог (čeren nosorog) — Diceros bicornis
  • Burmese: ကြံ့မဲ (kram.mai:) — Diceros bicornis
  • Catalan: rinoceront negre — Diceros bicornis
  • Chinese: 烏犀牛 /乌犀牛 (o-sai-gû) — Diceros bicornis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑犀 — Diceros bicornis
  • Czech: nosorožec dvourohý — Diceros bicornis
  • Danish: sort næsehorn — Diceros bicornis
  • Dutch: zwarte neushoorn — Diceros bicornis
  • Esperanto: kurtbuŝa rinocero — Diceros bicornis
  • Esperanto: nigra rinocero — Diceros bicornis
  • Estonian: teravmokk-ninasarvik — Diceros bicornis
  • Estonian: must-ninasarvik — Diceros bicornis
  • Finnish: suippohuulisarvikuono — Diceros bicornis
  • French: rhinocéros noir — Diceros bicornis
  • Galician: rinoceronte negro — Diceros bicornis
  • German: Spitzmaulnashorn — Diceros bicornis
  • Greek: μαύρος ρινόκερος (mávros rinókeros) — Diceros bicornis
  • Hausa: karkandan — Diceros bicornis
  • Hebrew: קרנף צר שפה — Diceros bicornis
  • Hungarian: keskenyszájú orrszarvú — Diceros bicornis
  • Indonesian: badak hitam — Diceros bicornis
  • Irish: srónbheannach dubh Afracach — Diceros bicornis
  • Italian: rhinocéros noir — Diceros bicornis
  • Kazakh: қара мүйізтұмсық (qara müiıztūmsyq) — Diceros bicornis
  • Korean: 검은코뿔소 (geomeunkoppulso) — Diceros bicornis
  • Lak: лухӏисса каргадан (luħis:a kargadan) — Diceros bicornis
  • Latin: diceros — Diceros bicornis
  • Latvian: melnais degunradzis — Diceros bicornis
  • Lithuanian: juodasis raganosis — Diceros bicornis
  • Macedonian: црн носорог (crn nosorog) — Diceros bicornis
  • Malay: badak sumbu hitam — Diceros bicornis
  • Malayalam: കറുത്ത കാണ്ടാമൃഗം (kaṟutta kāṇṭāmr̥gaṁ) — Diceros bicornis
  • Mongolian: хар хирс (xar xirs) — Diceros bicornis
  • Norwegian: spissneshorn — Diceros bicornis
  • Persian: کرگدن سیاه — Diceros bicornis
  • Polish: nosorożec czarny — Diceros bicornis
  • Portuguese: rinoceronte-negro — Diceros bicornis
  • Punjabi: کالا گینڈا (kālā genḍā) — Diceros bicornis
  • Russian: чёрный носоро́г (čórnyj nosoróg) — Diceros bicornis
  • Scots: black rhinoceros — Diceros bicornis
  • Serbo-Croatian: crni nosorog — Diceros bicornis
  • Serbo-Croatian: црни носорог — Diceros bicornis
  • Slovak: nosorožec ostronosý — Diceros bicornis
  • Slovene: črni nosorog — Diceros bicornis
  • Spanish: rinoceronte negro — Diceros bicornis
  • Swedish: spetsnoshörning — Diceros bicornis
  • Tagalog: itim na rinosero — Diceros bicornis
  • Tamil: கறுப்பு காண்டாமிருகம் (kaṟuppu kāṇṭāmirukam) — Diceros bicornis
  • Thai: แรดดํา — Diceros bicornis
  • Tumbuka: chipembele — Diceros bicornis
  • Turkish: kara gergedan — Diceros bicornis
  • Turkish: siyah gergedan — Diceros bicornis
  • Ukrainian: чорний носоріг (čornyj nosorih) — Diceros bicornis
  • Vietnamese: tê giác đen — Diceros bicornis
  • Zulu: ubhéjane class 1a/2a — Diceros bicornis