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• Received-Pronunciation: därk
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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɑːk/
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• General-American: därk
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• General-American: /dɑɹk/
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• homophone: doc
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• homophone: dock (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)k
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• rhymes with -ɑːk
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• CMU ARPABET: D AA1 R K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English derk, from Old English deorc, from Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dherg- (“dim, dull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dher- (“dull, dirty”).

From Middle English derk, derke, dirke, dyrke, from the adjective (see above), or possibly from an unrecorded Old English *dierce, *diercu (“dark, darkness”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dherg- Proto-Indo-European *dherg-o-s Proto-Germanic *derkaz? Proto-West Germanic *derk Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *derkōn Old English deorcian Middle English derken English dark Inherited from Middle English derken, from Old English deorcian, from Proto-West Germanic *derkōn, from *derk (“dirty, dark”) + *-ōn.

553 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: donker — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Albanian: errësire — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Albanian: terr — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Southern Altai: караҥу (karaŋu) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Southern Altai: караҥуй (karaŋuy) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Arabic: مُظْلِم (muẓlim) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Arabic: دَاكِن (dākin) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Armenian: մութ (mutʻ) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Armenian: խավար (xavar) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Assamese: এন্ধাৰ (endhar) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Assamese: আন্ধাৰ (andhar) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Asturian: escuru — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Azerbaijani: qaranlıq — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Azerbaijani: qara — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Balinese: peteng — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Bashkir: ҡараңғы (qarañğı) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Basque: ilun — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Belarusian: цёмны (cjómny) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Bengali: আঁধার (ãdhar) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Bengali: অন্ধকার (ondhokar) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Central Bikol: madiklom — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Breton: teñval — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Bulgarian: тъ́мен (tǎ́men) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Burmese: နက် (nak) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Burmese: မည်း (many:) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Catalan: fosc — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Catalan: obscur — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Cebuano: dulom — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Chamicuro: chpolyaye — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Chechen: ӏаьржа (ˀärža) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Chinese Cantonese: 黑 (haak1) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Chinese Cantonese: 黑暗 (hak1 am3) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Literary Chinese: 黲 (cǎn) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑暗 (hēi'àn) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Chinese Mandarin: 黲 /黪 (cǎn) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Cornish: tewl — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Cornish: tewal — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Czech: tmavý — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Czech: temný — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Dalmatian: sčor — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Danish: mørk — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Dolgan: караӈа — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Dutch: donker — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Dutch: duister — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Esperanto: malluma — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Esperanto: malhela — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Estonian: tume — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Estonian: pime — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Faroese: myrkur — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Faroese: dimmur — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Faroese: døkkur — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Finnish: pimeä — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• French: obscur — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• French: sombre — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• West-Frisian: tsjuster — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• West-Frisian: donker — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Galician: escuro — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Galician: fosco — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Galician: fusco — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Georgian: ბნელი (bneli) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Georgian: შავბნელი (šavbneli) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Georgian: უკუნი (uḳuni) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Georgian: წყვდიადი (c̣q̇vdiadi) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• German: dunkel — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• German: finster — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Gilbertese: ro — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (riqizeins) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Greek: σκοτεινός (skoteinós) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Ancient Greek: σκοτεινός (skoteinós) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Ancient Greek: ὀρφναῖος (orphnaîos) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Mbya Guarani: pytũ — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Gujarati: અંધારું (andhārũ) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Haitian Creole: nwa — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Hawaiian: ʻeleʻele — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Hawaiian: pōʻeleʻele — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Hawaiian: pōʻele — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Hawaiian: uli — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Hawaiian: uliuli — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Hebrew: חָשׁוּךְ (khashukh) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Hebrew: אָפֵל (afél) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Hiligaynon: dulum — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Hindi: अंधेरा (andherā) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Hindi: श्यामल (śyāmal) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Hungarian: sötét — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Icelandic: dökkur — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Icelandic: dimmur — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Ido: tenebroza — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Ido: obskura — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Tuwali Ifugao: ngitit — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Ilocano: nasipnget — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Indonesian: gelap — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Interlingua: obscur — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Irish: dorcha — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Italian: buio — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Italian: oscuro — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Italian: fosco — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Italian: tetro — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Japanese: 暗い (kurai) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Javanese: peteng — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Old Javanese: hirĕng — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Old Javanese: pĕtĕng — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Kaitag: къуш (ɢuš) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Lubuagan Kalinga: manggikbot — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Kapampangan: madalumdum — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Karachay-Balkar: къарангы (qarañı) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Karaim: karanhy — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Kazakh: қараңғы (qarañğy) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Komi-Permyak: пемыд (pemyd) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Komi-Zyrian: пемыд (pemyd) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Korean: 어둡다 (eodupda) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Kumyk: къарангы (qarañı) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Central Kurdish: تاریک (tarîk) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Northern Kurdish: tarî — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Kyrgyz: караңгы (karaŋgı) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Ladino: aleskuro — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Ladino: eskuro — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Lao: ມືດ (mư̄t) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Latgalian: tymss — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Latin: obscūrus — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Latin: creper — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Latin: fuscus — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Latvian: tumšs — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Lithuanian: tamsus — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Lombard: scur — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Low German: düster — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Low German: duster — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Luxembourgish: däischter — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Luxembourgish: donkel — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Lydian: 𐤪𐤠𐤭𐤦𐤥𐤣𐤠 (mariwda) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Macedonian: темен (temen) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Malay: gelap — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Malay: kelam — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Brunei Malay: galap — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Brunei Malay: patang — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Malayalam: ഇരുട്ട് (iruṭṭŭ) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Malayalam: അന്ധകാരം (andhakāraṁ) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Māori: pokere — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Māori: pōkerekere — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Māori: uri — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Māori: uriuri — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Māori: wheuri — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Māori: whēuriuri — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Māori: ruki — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Marathi: अंधारमय (andhārmay) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Mingrelian: ურწკუმი (urc̣ḳumi) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Mongolian: харанхуй (xaranxuj) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Mongolian: харангуй (xaranguj) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Khiamniungan Naga: ānyāukhèm — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Nogai: каранъа (karaña) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Norman: sombre — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Norwegian Bokmål: mørk — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørk — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: døkk — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Occitan: escur — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Occitan: fosc — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Odia: ଅନ୍ଧାର (andhāra) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Ojibwe: dibiki- — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Church Slavic: тьмьнъ (tĭmĭnŭ) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Old English: þīestre — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Old English: deorc — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Old English: mirce — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Old Norse: myrkr — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Old Norse: ámr — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Ossetian: тар (tar) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Persian: تاریک (târik) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Persian: تار (târ) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Persian: تیره (tire) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Plautdietsch: dunkel — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Polish: ciemny — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Portuguese: escuro — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Quechua: laqha — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Romanian: murg — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Romanian: închis — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Romanian: întunecat — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Romansh: stgir — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Romansh: stgeir — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Romansh: s-chür — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Russian: тёмный (tjómnyj) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Northern Sami: seavdnjat — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Sanskrit: श्याम (śyāma) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Scots: mirk — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Scottish Gaelic: dorcha — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Serbo-Croatian: та́ма̄н — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Serbo-Croatian: мра́чан — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Serbo-Croatian: támān — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Serbo-Croatian: mráčan — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Slovak: tmavý — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Slovak: temný — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Slovene: temen — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Lower Sorbian: śamny — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Spanish: oscuro — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Sranan Tongo: dungru — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Swedish: mörk — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Sylheti: ꠀꠘ꠆ꠗꠣꠁꠞ (andáir) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Tagalog: madilim — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Tahitian: ʻārehurehu — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Tahitian: ʻereʻere — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Tajik: торик (torik) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Tamil: இருள் (iruḷ) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Tatar: караңгы (qarañğı) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Telugu: చీకటి (cīkaṭi) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Telugu: గాఢాంధకారము (gāḍhāndhakāramu) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Thai: มืด (mʉ̂ʉt) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Tocharian B: orkamo — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Tocharian B: orkmo — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Tofa: ӄараӈғы (qaraňġy) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Tongan: po'uli — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Turkish: karanlık — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Turkmen: garaňky — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Tuvan: караңгы (karañgı) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Udmurt: пеймыт (pejmyt) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Ukrainian: те́мний (témnyj) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Urdu: اندھیرا (andherā) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Urum: харанғы — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Uyghur: قاراڭغۇ (qarangghu) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Uzbek: qorongʻi — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Uzbek: qorongʻu — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Venetan: scùro — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Vietnamese: tối — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Waray-Waray: masirum — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Waray-Waray: dulum — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Welsh: tywyll — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Yaghnobi: тора (tora) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Yakut: хараҥа (qaraŋa) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Yiddish: פֿינצטער (fintster) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Yiddish: טונקל (tunkl) — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Zazaki: tarı — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• ǃXóõ: dtʻkxʻái — having an absolute or relative lack of light
• Armenian: մութ (mutʻ) — hidden, secret
• Bulgarian: тъ́мен (tǎ́men) — hidden, secret
• Catalan: obscur — hidden, secret
• Chinese Cantonese: 隱秘 /隐秘 (jan2 bei3) — hidden, secret
• Chinese Mandarin: 隱秘 /隐秘 (yǐnmì) — hidden, secret
• Czech: temný — hidden, secret
• Danish: dunkel — hidden, secret
• Danish: hemmelighedsfuld — hidden, secret
• Dutch: duister — hidden, secret
• Dutch: geheim — hidden, secret
• Finnish: pimeä — hidden, secret
• French: obscur — hidden, secret
• Galician: escuro — hidden, secret
• German: dunkel — hidden, secret
• German: düster — hidden, secret
• Hindi: गुप्त (gupt) — hidden, secret
• Hindi: छिपा हुवा (chipā huvā) — hidden, secret
• Hungarian: sötét — hidden, secret
• Ido: obskura — hidden, secret
• Italian: oscuro — hidden, secret
• Japanese: 隠密の (onmitsu no) — hidden, secret
• Japanese: 秘密の (himitsu no) — hidden, secret
• Korean: 어둡다 (eodupda) — hidden, secret
• Central Kurdish: تاریک (tarîk) — hidden, secret
• Northern Kurdish: tarî — hidden, secret
• Northern Kurdish: nepenî — hidden, secret
• Latvian: tumšs — hidden, secret
• Marathi: गुप्त (gupta) — hidden, secret
• Marathi: लपलेले (laplele) — hidden, secret
• Norwegian Bokmål: mørk — hidden, secret
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørk — hidden, secret
• Persian: پنهان (penhân) — hidden, secret
• Persian: نهان (nehân) — hidden, secret
• Persian: پوشیده (pôšida) — hidden, secret
• Polish: mroczny — hidden, secret
• Portuguese: obscuro — hidden, secret
• Serbo-Croatian: таја̀нствен — hidden, secret
• Serbo-Croatian: tajànstven — hidden, secret
• Slovene: temen — hidden, secret
• Spanish: oscuro — hidden, secret
• Swedish: mörk — hidden, secret
• Telugu: మర్మము (marmamu) — hidden, secret
• Turkish: karanlık — hidden, secret
• Vietnamese: mờ ám — hidden, secret
• Zazaki: tarı — hidden, secret
• Albanian: errët — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Armenian: մութ (mutʻ) — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Bulgarian: мра́чен (mráčen) — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Catalan: maligne — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Catalan: sinistre — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Chinese Cantonese: 邪惡 /邪恶 (ce4 ok3) — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Chinese Mandarin: 邪惡 /邪恶 (xié'è) — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Czech: temný — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Danish: mørk — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Danish: skummel — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Finnish: synkkä — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Finnish: paha — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• French: sombre — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• German: schwarz — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Hebrew: אפל (afel) — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Hebrew: קודר (qoder) — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Ido: tenebroza — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Ido: obskura — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Italian: oscuro — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Japanese: 邪悪 (jaaku) — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Japanese: 腹黒い (haraguroi) — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Korean: 어둡다 (eodupda) — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Northern Kurdish: tarî — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Northern Kurdish: reş — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Māori: mōkinokino — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Norwegian Bokmål: mørk — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørk — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Old English: mirce — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Portuguese: sinistro — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Portuguese: maligno — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Russian: мра́чный (mráčnyj) — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Russian: угрю́мый (ugrjúmyj) — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Serbo-Croatian: мра́чан — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Serbo-Croatian: mráčan — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Spanish: oscuro — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Swedish: mörk — without moral or spiritual light — see also black, tenebrous, sinister, lugubrious, gloomy, funereal
• Arabic: غَامِق (ḡāmiq) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Arabic: دَاكِن (dākin) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Arabic: غامج (ḡāmij) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Arabic: غَامِق (ḡāmig) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Armenian: մուգ (mug) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Azerbaijani: tünd — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Azerbaijani: tutqun — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Basque: ilun — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Bulgarian: тъ́мен (tǎ́men) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Bulgarian: мрачен (mračen) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Catalan: fosc — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Catalan: obscur — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Chinese Cantonese: 黑暗 (hak1 am3) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑暗 (hēi'àn) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Czech: tmavý — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Danish: mørk — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Dutch: donker — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Finnish: tumma — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• French: foncé — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• West-Frisian: donker — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Georgian: მუქი (muki) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• German: dunkel — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Greek: σκούρος (skoúros) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Ancient Greek: περκνός (perknós) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Hebrew: כהה — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Hindi: श्यामल (śyāmal) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Ido: obskura — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Indonesian: gelap — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Italian: scuro — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Japanese: 暗い (kurai) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Japanese: 濃い (koi) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Javanese: peteng — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Korean: 어둡다 (eodupda) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Central Kurdish: تاریک (tarîk) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Northern Kurdish: tarî — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Latvian: tumšs — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Malay: tua — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Malay: gelap — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Brunei Malay: galap — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Māori: waitutu — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Māori: uri — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Māori: uriuri — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Māori: parauri — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Māori: manauri — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Māori: keretewha — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Māori: kene — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Marathi: गडद (gaḍad) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Khiamniungan Naga: ānyāukhèm — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Norwegian: mørk — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Norwegian Bokmål: mørk — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørk — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Old Norse: ámr — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Portuguese: escuro — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Russian: тёмный (tjómnyj) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Northern Sami: čoahkkat — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Scots: mirk — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Scottish Gaelic: dorcha — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Serbo-Croatian: та́ма̄н — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Serbo-Croatian: мра́чан — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Serbo-Croatian: támān — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Serbo-Croatian: mráčan — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Spanish: oscuro — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Spanish: fusco — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Spanish: fosco — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Spanish: hosco — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Swedish: mörk — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Turkish: koyu — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Ottoman Turkish: قویو (koyu) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Ukrainian: те́мний (témnyj) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Waray-Waray: maitum — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Zazaki: çığ (diq) — not bright or light, deeper in hue — see also blackish, black
• Albanian: xuk — a complete or partial absence of light
• Albanian: terr — a complete or partial absence of light
• Albanian: err — a complete or partial absence of light
• Armenian: մթություն (mtʻutʻyun) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Armenian: խավար (xavar) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Aromanian: ãntunearic — a complete or partial absence of light
• Aromanian: ntunearic — a complete or partial absence of light
• Assamese: এন্ধাৰ (endhar) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Assamese: আন্ধাৰ (andhar) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Azerbaijani: qaranlıq — a complete or partial absence of light
• Azerbaijani: zülmət — a complete or partial absence of light
• Breton: teñvalded — a complete or partial absence of light
• Bulgarian: мрак (mrak) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Bulgarian: тъмнина (tǎmnina) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Catalan: foscor — a complete or partial absence of light
• Catalan: obscuritat — a complete or partial absence of light
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑 (hēi) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑暗 (hēi'àn) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Czech: temnota — a complete or partial absence of light
• Czech: tma — a complete or partial absence of light
• Danish: mørke — a complete or partial absence of light
• Dutch: donker — a complete or partial absence of light
• Esperanto: mallumo — a complete or partial absence of light
• Finnish: pimeys — a complete or partial absence of light
• Finnish: pimeä — a complete or partial absence of light
• French: noir — a complete or partial absence of light
• French: obscurité — a complete or partial absence of light
• German: Dunkelheit — a complete or partial absence of light
• German: Dunkel — a complete or partial absence of light
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐍃 (riqis) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Greek: σκοτάδι (skotádi) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Hebrew: חושך (khoshekh) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Hebrew: חשך (khoshekh) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Hindi: अंधेरा (andherā) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Hungarian: sötétség — a complete or partial absence of light
• Irish: dorchacht — a complete or partial absence of light
• Italian: oscurità — a complete or partial absence of light
• Italian: tenebra — a complete or partial absence of light
• Japanese: 暗黒 (ankoku) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Japanese: 暗闇 (kurayami) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Japanese: 闇 (yami) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Korean: 어둠 (eodum) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Korean: 암흑 (amheuk) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Central Kurdish: تاریک (tarîk) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Northern Kurdish: tarî — a complete or partial absence of light
• Northern Kurdish: tarîtî — a complete or partial absence of light
• Latin: obscuritas — a complete or partial absence of light
• Latvian: tumsa — a complete or partial absence of light
• Lezgi: мичӏ (mič̣) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Lithuanian: tamsa — a complete or partial absence of light
• Macedonian: темница (temnica) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Macedonian: темнина (temnina) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Marathi: अंधार (andhār) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Marathi: अंधकार (andhkār) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Marathi: काळोख (kāḷokh) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Mongolian: харанхуй (xaranxuj) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Mwani: kisi — a complete or partial absence of light
• Nanai: пакчи (pakči) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Norwegian: mørke — a complete or partial absence of light
• Norwegian Bokmål: mørke — a complete or partial absence of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørke — a complete or partial absence of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørker — a complete or partial absence of light
• Old English: þīestru — a complete or partial absence of light
• Persian: تاریکی (târiki) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Persian: تم (tam) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Polish: ciemność — a complete or partial absence of light
• Portuguese: escuro — a complete or partial absence of light
• Portuguese: escuridão — a complete or partial absence of light
• Romanian: întuneric — a complete or partial absence of light
• Russian: тьма (tʹma) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Russian: темнота́ (temnotá) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Russian: мрак (mrak) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Northern Sami: seavdnjat — a complete or partial absence of light
• Northern Sami: seavdnjadas — a complete or partial absence of light
• Sardinian: iscuru — a complete or partial absence of light
• Sardinian: scuru — a complete or partial absence of light
• Scots: mirk — a complete or partial absence of light
• Scottish Gaelic: dorchadas — a complete or partial absence of light
• Serbo-Croatian: tmina — a complete or partial absence of light
• Serbo-Croatian: tama — a complete or partial absence of light
• Serbo-Croatian: tamnoća — a complete or partial absence of light
• Serbo-Croatian: polumrak — a complete or partial absence of light
• Serbo-Croatian: tamnina — a complete or partial absence of light
• Serbo-Croatian: mrak — a complete or partial absence of light
• Slovene: tema — a complete or partial absence of light
• Spanish: oscuridad — a complete or partial absence of light
• Swedish: mörker — a complete or partial absence of light
• Sylheti: ꠀꠘ꠆ꠗꠣꠁꠞ (andáir) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Turkish: karanlık — a complete or partial absence of light
• Vietnamese: bóng tối — a complete or partial absence of light
• Waray-Waray: sirum — a complete or partial absence of light
• Yakut: хараҥа (qaraŋa) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Yiddish: פֿינסטערניש (finsternish) — a complete or partial absence of light
• Zazaki: tarı — a complete or partial absence of light
• Armenian: մթություն (mtʻutʻyun) — ignorance
• Azerbaijani: cəhalət — ignorance
• Azerbaijani: avamlıq — ignorance
• Azerbaijani: cahillik — ignorance
• Azerbaijani: nadanlıq — ignorance
• Breton: teñvalijenn — ignorance
• Bulgarian: невидение (nevidenie) — ignorance
• Bulgarian: незнание (neznanie) — ignorance
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑暗 (hēi'àn) — ignorance
• Czech: temnota — ignorance
• Danish: uvidenhed — ignorance
• Dutch: ongewisse — ignorance
• Dutch: onwetendheid — ignorance
• Finnish: tietämättömyys — ignorance
• German: Dunkel — ignorance
• Hungarian: tudatlanság — ignorance
• Italian: oscurità — ignorance
• Korean: 무식 (musik) — ignorance
• Northern Kurdish: nezanî — ignorance
• Northern Kurdish: cahilî — ignorance
• Latin: obscuritas — ignorance
• Malayalam: അറിവില്ലായ്മ (aṟivillāyma) — ignorance
• Malayalam: അജ്ഞത (ajñata) — ignorance
• Norwegian Bokmål: uvitenhet — ignorance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uvisse — ignorance
• Polish: mroki — ignorance
• Portuguese: ignorância — ignorance
• Russian: неве́дение (nevédenije) — ignorance
• Serbo-Croatian: táma — ignorance
• Serbo-Croatian: mrȃk — ignorance
• Slovene: nevednost — ignorance
• Spanish: oscuridad — ignorance
• Vietnamese: (sự) dốt nát — ignorance
• Vietnamese: (sự) ngu dốt — ignorance
• Vietnamese: (sự) ngu muội — ignorance
• Zazaki: cahiliye — ignorance
• Albanian: darka — nightfall
• Armenian: մութ (mutʻ) — nightfall
• Bulgarian: свечеряване (svečerjavane) — nightfall
• Chinese Mandarin: 黃昏 /黄昏 (huánghūn) — nightfall
• Czech: tma — nightfall
• Danish: mørke — nightfall
• Danish: skumring — nightfall
• Dutch: nachtval — nightfall
• Dutch: het vallen van de avond — nightfall
• Finnish: pimeys — nightfall
• French: tombée de la nuit — nightfall
• German: Dunkelwerden — nightfall
• Greek: σούρουπο (soúroupo) — nightfall
• Hungarian: sötétedés — nightfall
• Italian: tenebra — nightfall
• Italian: tramonto — nightfall
• Korean: 해질녘 (haejillyeok) — nightfall
• Northern Kurdish: tarîtî — nightfall
• Latin: annoctatio — nightfall
• Macedonian: мрак (mrak) — nightfall
• Macedonian: темница (temnica) — nightfall
• Norwegian Bokmål: mørke — nightfall
• Norwegian Bokmål: skumring — nightfall
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørke — nightfall
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørker — nightfall
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skumring — nightfall
• Polish: zmrok — nightfall
• Portuguese: anoitecer — nightfall
• Portuguese: cair da noite — nightfall
• Russian: темнота́ (temnotá) — nightfall
• Scots: gloamin — nightfall
• Scots: mirk — nightfall
• Serbo-Croatian: mrklina — nightfall
• Serbo-Croatian: mrak — nightfall
• Serbo-Croatian: tamnoća — nightfall
• Serbo-Croatian: tamnina — nightfall
• Serbo-Croatian: tama — nightfall
• Slovene: tema — nightfall
• Slovene: mrak — nightfall
• Spanish: anochecer — nightfall
• Spanish: crepúsculo — nightfall
• Vietnamese: đêm — nightfall
• Esperanto: malhelo — dark shade or dark passage