Phrase guide

coal black

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

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A black colour, like that of coal; charcoal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a very dark black

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: black, blackness, inkiness

History

Etymology

From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”).

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: negre carbó — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Danish: kulsort — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Estonian: süsimust — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Finnish: hiilenmusta — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Finnish: hiilimusta — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Georgian: ნახშირისფერი (naxširisperi) — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • German: kohlenschwarz — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Hungarian: szénfekete — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Indonesian: hitam arang — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Irish: gualda — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Japanese: 石炭黒 (sekitan kuro) — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Latin: anthracinus — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Manx: geayl-ghoo — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kullsvart — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Old English: colsweart — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Persian: زغالی (zoġâli) — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Romanian: negru ca cărbunele — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Volapük: kolatablägik — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Volapük: kolatarabablägik — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Volapük: rabablägik — Of a black colour, like that of coal
  • Volapük: leblägik — Of a black colour, like that of coal