Phrase guide

black tea

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Tea leaves which have been "fermented" (actually, oxidized) before drying to enhance their flavour (cf. green tea).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cha, char, Rosie, Rosie Lee, Rosy, Rosy Lee, tay, tea, wet and warm, Chinese tea

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cup of tea served without milk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

fermented tea leaves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tea, tea leaf

Narrower terms: congou, congo, congou tea, English breakfast tea, Darjeeling, orange pekoe, pekoe, souchong, soochong

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: çaji i zi — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Southern Altai: кара чай (kara čay) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Arabic: شَاي أَسْوَد (šāy ʔaswad) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Armenian: սեւ թեյ (sew tʻey) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Assamese: ৰঙা চাহ (roṅa sah) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Asturian: té negro — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Azerbaijani: qara çay — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Bashkir: ҡара сәй (qara səy) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Basque: te beltz — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Belarusian: чо́рная гарба́та (čórnaja harbáta) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Bengali: কালো চা (kalō ca) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Bulgarian: че́рен чай (čéren čaj) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Burmese: အချိုခြောက် (a.hkyuihkrauk) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Catalan: te negre — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雪茶 (syut3 caa4) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Chinese Mandarin: 唐茶 (tángchá) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Czech: černý čaj — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Danish: sort te — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Dutch: zwarte thee — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Esperanto: nigra teo — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Estonian: must tee — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Finnish: musta tee — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • French: thé noir — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Georgian: შავი ჩაი (šavi čai) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • German: Schwarztee — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • German: schwarzer Tee — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Greek: μαύρο τσάι (mávro tsái) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Gujarati: કાળી ચા (kāḷī cā) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Hebrew: תה שחור (te shakhór) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Hindi: काली चाय (kālī cāy) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Hungarian: fekete tea — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Icelandic: svart te — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Indonesian: teh hitam — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Irish: tae dubh — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Italian: tè nero — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Japanese: 紅茶 (kōcha) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Kazakh: қара шай (qara şai) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Khmer: តែខ្មៅ (tae khmaw) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Korean: 홍차 (hongcha) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Kyrgyz: кара чай (kara cay) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Lao: ຊາດໍາ (sā dam) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Latvian: melnā tēja — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Limburgish: zwarten tieë — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Lithuanian: juodoji arbata — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Macedonian: црн чај (crn čaj) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Malay: teh hitam — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Maltese: te iswed — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Mongolian: хар цай (xar caj) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svart te — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Iranian Persian: چایِ سِیاه (čâ-ye siyâh) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Polish: czarna herbata — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Portuguese: chá preto — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Punjabi: ਬਲੈਕ ਟੀ (balaik ṭī) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Romanian: ceai negru — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Russian: чёрный чай (čórnyj čaj) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Serbo-Croatian: црни чај — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Serbo-Croatian: crni čaj — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Slovak: čierny čaj — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Slovene: črni čaj — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Spanish: té negro — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Swedish: svart te — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Tajik: чойи сиёҳ (čoy-i siyoh) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Tamil: பிளாக் டீ (piḷāk ṭī) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Tatar: кара чәй (qara çäy) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Thai: ชาดํา (chaa-dam) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Tibetan: ཇ་དམར། (ja dmar) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Turkish: siyah çay — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Turkmen: gara çaý — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Ukrainian: чо́рний чай (čórnyj čaj) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Urdu: کالی چائے (kālī cāe) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Uyghur: قارا چاي (qara chay) — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Uzbek: qora choy — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Vietnamese: trà đen — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Vietnamese: hồng trà — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Volapük: blägatied — tea leaves which have been "fermented"
  • Chinese Cantonese: 紅茶 /红茶 — cup of tea served without milk
  • Chinese: 紅茶 /红茶 (zh-min-nan) — cup of tea served without milk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅茶 /红茶 (hóngchá) — cup of tea served without milk
  • Finnish: musta tee — cup of tea served without milk
  • Finnish: tee mustana — cup of tea served without milk
  • French: thé noir — cup of tea served without milk
  • German: Tee — cup of tea served without milk
  • Greek: μαύρο τσάι (mávro tsái) — cup of tea served without milk
  • Indonesian: teh hitam — cup of tea served without milk
  • Italian: tè nero — cup of tea served without milk
  • Japanese: ストレートティー (sutorēto tī) — cup of tea served without milk
  • Malayalam: കട്ടൻ ചായ (kaṭṭaṉ cāya) — cup of tea served without milk
  • Polish: herbata bez mleka — cup of tea served without milk
  • Russian: чай без молока́ (čaj bez moloká) — cup of tea served without milk
  • Scottish Gaelic: tì dhubh — cup of tea served without milk
  • Sikkimese: ཇ་ཐང (ja thang) — cup of tea served without milk
  • Spanish: té negro — cup of tea served without milk
  • Swahili: chai ya mkandaa — cup of tea served without milk
  • Swahili: chai ya rangi — cup of tea served without milk
  • Swahili: chai kavu — cup of tea served without milk
  • Welsh: te du — cup of tea served without milk