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Having a relatively dark skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: light-skinned
Of a black person, having relatively dark-colored skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
having skin rich in melanin pigments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- dark-skinned peoples
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: colored, coloured, dark, non-white
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
naturally having skin of a dark color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a dark-skinned beauty
- gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
- a smile on his swarthy face
- `swart' is archaic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dusky, swart, swarthy
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أَسْمَر
(ʔasmar)
— having dark skin
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Armenian:
թուխ
(tʻux)
— having dark skin
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Belarusian:
цемнаску́ры
(cjemnaskúry)
— having dark skin
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Bulgarian:
тъмноко́ж
(tǎmnokóž)
— having dark skin
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Catalan:
bru
— having dark skin
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Chinese Mandarin:
暗色皮膚的 /暗色皮肤的
(ànsè pífū de)
— having dark skin
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Chinese Mandarin:
黑皮膚的 /黑皮肤的
(hēi pífū de)
— having dark skin
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Czech:
snědý
— having dark skin
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Danish:
mørklødet
— having dark skin
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Dutch:
donkerhuidig
— having dark skin
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Dutch:
donker
— having dark skin
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Esperanto:
malhele haŭta
— having dark skin
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Esperanto:
olive haŭta
— having dark skin
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Finnish:
tummaihoinen
— having dark skin
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French:
basané
— having dark skin
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French:
bronzé
— having dark skin
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Galician:
moreno
— having dark skin
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Georgian:
მუქი
(muki)
— having dark skin
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German:
dunkelhäutig
— having dark skin
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Ancient Greek:
ὀρφνός
(orphnós)
— having dark skin
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Ancient Greek:
περκνός
(perknós)
— having dark skin
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Hebrew:
שָׁחוּם
(shakhúm)
— having dark skin
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Hindi:
हब्शी
(habśī)
— having dark skin
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Hindi:
हबशी
(habśī)
— having dark skin
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Hindi:
हबसी
(habsī)
— having dark skin
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Hindi:
काला
(kālā)
— having dark skin
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Hindi:
सियाह
(siyāh)
— having dark skin
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Hindi:
कृष्ण
(kŕṣṇa)
— having dark skin
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Hungarian:
napbarnított
— having dark skin
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Icelandic:
hörundsdökkur
— having dark skin
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Irish:
coirtithe
— having dark skin
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Irish:
dubh sa chraiceann
— having dark skin
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Irish:
dorcha sa chraiceann
— having dark skin
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Irish:
dóisceanta
— having dark skin
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Japanese:
浅黒い
(asaguroi)
— having dark skin
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Japanese:
色黒な
(iroguro na)
— having dark skin
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Japanese:
黒っぽい
(kuroppoi)
— having dark skin
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Korean:
거무스름하다
(geomuseureumhada)
— having dark skin
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Ladino:
moreno
— having dark skin
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Latin:
aquilus
— having dark skin
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Malay:
gelap
— having dark skin
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Māori:
kiri waitutu
— having dark skin
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Māori:
kirimangu
— having dark skin
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Māori:
kaunenehu
— having dark skin
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Norwegian Bokmål:
mørkhudet
— having dark skin
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Persian:
سیاهچرده
(siyâh-čorde)
— having dark skin
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Persian:
اسمر
(asmar)
— having dark skin
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Polish:
ciemnoskóry
— having dark skin
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Romanian:
smead
— having dark skin
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Romanian:
oacheș
— having dark skin
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Romanian:
bronzat
— having dark skin
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Russian:
темноко́жий
(temnokóžij)
— having dark skin
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Russian:
сму́глый
(smúglyj)
— having dark skin
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Samoan:
ʻuli
— having dark skin
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Spanish:
moreno
— having dark skin
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Spanish:
atezado
— having dark skin
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Swedish:
mörkhyad
— having dark skin
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Tagalog:
swarang iyong
— having dark skin
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Turkish:
esmer
— having dark skin
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Ottoman Turkish:
قرامان
(karaman)
— having dark skin
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Ukrainian:
темношкі́рий
(temnoškíryj)
— having dark skin