blackboard

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• General-American: /ˈblækbɔɹd/
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• General-American: /ˈblækboɹd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈblækbɔːd/
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• rhymes with -ækbɔː(ɹ)d
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• rhymes with -ækboɹd
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• CMU ARPABET: B L AE1 K B AO2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From black + board, because such surfaces were once typically made of black slate.

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: dërrasë e zezë — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Arabic: سَبُّورَة (sabbūra) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Arabic: لَوْح (lawḥ) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Arabic: تختة (taḵta) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Armenian: գրատախտակ (grataxtak) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Asturian: pizarra — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Azerbaijani: lövhə — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Azerbaijani: taxta — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Bashkir: таҡта (taqta) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Basque: arbela — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Belarusian: до́шка (dóška) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Belarusian: кла́сная до́шка (klásnaja dóška) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Belarusian: шко́льная до́шка (škólʹnaja dóška) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Bengali: ব্ল্যাকবোর্ড (blêkbōrḍo) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Breton: taolenn — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Bulgarian: дъска́ (dǎská) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Bulgarian: че́рна дъска́ (čérna dǎská) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Burmese: ကျောက်သင်ပုန်း (kyauksangpun:) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Catalan: pissarra — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Chinese Cantonese: 黑板 (hak1 baan2) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Eastern Min Chinese: 黑板 (háik-bēng) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Gan Chinese: 黑板 — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Chinese: 烏板 /乌板 (o͘-pán) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Jin Chinese: 黑板 (heh4 ban2) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑板 (hēibǎn) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Northern Min Chinese: 黑板 (hă̤-bǎing) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Wu Chinese: 黑板 (7heq-pe) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Czech: tabule — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Czech: školní tabule — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Danish: tavle — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Dutch: schoolbord — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Dutch: krijtbord — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Dutch: bord — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Esperanto: nigra tabulo — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Estonian: tahvel — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Faroese: talva — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Finnish: liitutaulu — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• French: tableau noir — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• French: tableau — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Galician: lousa — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Galician: louxa — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Galician: encerado — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Galician: taboleiro — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Georgian: დაფა (dapa) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Georgian: საკლასო დაფა (saḳlaso dapa) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• German: Tafel — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Greek: μαυροπίνακας (mavropínakas) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Gujarati: પાટિયું (pāṭiyũ) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Hebrew: לוּחַ (lúakh) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Hindi: श्यामपट (śyāmpaṭ) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Hindi: ब्लैकबोर्ड (blaikborḍ) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Hindi: तख़्ता-ए-सियाह (taxtā-e-siyāh) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Hungarian: iskolatábla — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Hungarian: iskolai tábla — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Hunsrik: Daafel — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Icelandic: tafla — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Icelandic: skólatafla — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Indonesian: papan tulis — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Ingrian: doska — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Irish: clár dubh — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Italian: lavagna — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Japanese: 黒板 (kokuban) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Kalmyk: самбр (sambr) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Kazakh: тақта (taqta) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Kazakh: доска (doska) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Kazakh: сынып тақтасы (synyp taqtasy) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Khmer: ក្ដារខៀន (kdaa khiən) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Korean: 칠판 (chilpan) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Korean: 흑판 (heukpan) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Northern Kurdish: depreş — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Kyrgyz: класс доскасы (klass doskası) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Kyrgyz: доска (doska) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Lao: ກະດານ (ka dān) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Lao: ກະດານດໍາ (ka dān dam) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Latvian: tāfele — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Lithuanian: klasės lenta — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Lithuanian: lenta — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Lithuanian: mokyklinė lenta — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Lü: ᦶᦔᧃᧉᦂᧄᧈ (ṗaen2k̇am1) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Macedonian: табла (tabla) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Malay: papan hitam — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Maltese: blekbord — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Maltese: lavanja — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Māori: papatuhituhi — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Marathi: फळा (phaḷā) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Mongolian: самбар (sambar) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠮᠪᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ (sambar-a) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Norman: néthe plianche — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Norwegian Bokmål: tavle — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tavle — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Pashto: توره دړه (tora daṛa) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Dari: تَخْتَهٔ سِیَاه (taxta-yi siyāh) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Dari: تَخْتَه (taxta) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Iranian Persian: تَخْتِهٔ سِیاه (taxte-ye siyâh) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Iranian Persian: تَخْتِه (taxte) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Polish: tablica — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Portuguese: lousa — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Portuguese: quadro-negro — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Portuguese: quadro de giz — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Portuguese: quadro — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Quechua: pirqa qillqana — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Romanian: tablă — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Russian: доска́ (doská) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Russian: кла́ссная доска́ (klássnaja doská) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Russian: шко́льная доска́ (škólʹnaja doská) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Scottish Gaelic: bòrd-dubh — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Serbo-Croatian: та́бла — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Serbo-Croatian: tábla — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Slovak: tabuľa — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Slovene: tabla — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Slovene: šolska tabla — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Southern Altai: такта (takta) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Southern Altai: доско (dosko) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Spanish: pizarra — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Spanish: encerado — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Spanish: pizarrón — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Spanish: tablero — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Swahili: ubao mweusi — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Swedish: svart tavla — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Swedish: skrivtavla — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Tagalog: pisara — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Tajik: тахта (taxta) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Tajik: тахтаи синф (taxta-yi sinf) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Tajik: тахтаи сиёҳ (taxta-yi siyoh) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Thai: กระดานดํา (grà-daan-dam) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Thai: กระดาน (grà-daan) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Tibetan: ནག་པང (nag pang) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Turkish: tahta — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Turkish: kara tahta — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Ottoman Turkish: تباشیر تختهسی (tebeşir tahtası) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Turkmen: tagta — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Ukrainian: до́шка (dóška) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Ukrainian: кла́сна до́шка (klásna dóška) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Ukrainian: шкільна́ до́шка (škilʹná dóška) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Urdu: تَخْتَۂ سِیاہ (taxta-yi siyāh) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Urdu: بِلَیک بورْڈ (bilaik borḍ) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Urdu: بْلَیک بورْڈ (blaik borḍ) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Uyghur: دوسكا (doska) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Uzbek: sinf doskasi — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Uzbek: doska — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Uzbek: qora doskasi — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Venetan: łavanja — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Vietnamese: bảng đen — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Welsh: bwrdd du — a surface that can be written upon with chalk
• Yiddish: טאָוול (tovl) — a surface that can be written upon with chalk