adj
Meaning 1
somewhat black
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
blackish
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /ˈblækɪʃ/
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rhymes with -ækɪʃ
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
of something that is somewhat black
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- blackish clouds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English blackysshe, blakkyssh, equivalent to black + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: սեւավուն (sewavun) — somewhat black
- Asturian: anegratáu — somewhat black
- Catalan: negrós — somewhat black
- Catalan: negrenc — somewhat black
- Danish: sortladen — somewhat black
- Danish: sortlig — somewhat black
- Danish: sortagtig — somewhat black
- Esperanto: nigreta — somewhat black
- French: noirâtre — somewhat black
- Georgian: მოშავო (mošavo) — somewhat black
- German: schwärzlich — somewhat black
- Hebrew: שחרחר (shkharkhar) — somewhat black
- Hindi: श्यामल (śyāmal) — somewhat black
- Hindi: काला (kālā) — somewhat black
- Hungarian: feketés — somewhat black
- Indonesian: kehitam-hitaman — somewhat black
- Irish: scothdhubh — somewhat black
- Italian: nerastro — somewhat black
- Kalmyk: харвтр (xarvtr) — somewhat black
- Kangean: celeng — somewhat black
- Kazakh: қаралау (qaralau) — somewhat black
- Latin: subniger — somewhat black
- Latvian: melngans — somewhat black
- Latvian: iemelns — somewhat black
- Latvian: melnīgs — somewhat black
- Māori: pūmangu — somewhat black
- Marathi: काळपट (kāḷpaṭ) — somewhat black
- Marathi: काळसर (kāḷsar) — somewhat black
- Persian: سیاهی (siyâhi) — somewhat black
- Polish: czarnawy — somewhat black
- Portuguese: meio negro/preto — somewhat black
- Portuguese: um tanto negro/preto — somewhat black
- Portuguese: negrusco — somewhat black
- Russian: чернова́тый (černovátyj) — somewhat black
- Serbo-Croatian: crnkast — somewhat black
- Shor: қарамдық — somewhat black
- Spanish: negruzco — somewhat black
- Spanish: negrizco — somewhat black
- Turkish: siyahımtırak — somewhat black
- Turkish: siyahımsı — somewhat black
- Ukrainian: чорнявий (čornjavyj) — somewhat black
- Volapük: blägilik — somewhat black
Real reading context