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Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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A black colour, like that of coal; charcoal.
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a very dark black
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black
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Broader terms: black, blackness, inkiness
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.
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Catalan:
negre carbó
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Danish:
kulsort
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Estonian:
süsimust
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Finnish:
hiilenmusta
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Finnish:
hiilimusta
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Georgian:
ნახშირისფერი
(naxširisperi)
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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German:
kohlenschwarz
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Hungarian:
szénfekete
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Indonesian:
hitam arang
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Irish:
gualda
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Japanese:
石炭黒
(sekitan kuro)
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Latin:
anthracinus
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Manx:
geayl-ghoo
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kullsvart
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Old English:
colsweart
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Persian:
زغالی
(zoġâli)
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Romanian:
negru ca cărbunele
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Volapük:
kolatablägik
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Volapük:
kolatarabablägik
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Volapük:
rabablägik
— Of a black colour, like that of coal
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Volapük:
leblägik
— Of a black colour, like that of coal