darkness

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːknəs/
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• General-American: /ˈdɑɹknəs/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)knəs
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• CMU ARPABET: D AA1 R K N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English derknesse, from Old English deorcnes; equivalent to dark + -ness.

241 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: алашьцара (alašcara) — state of being dark
• Ahtna: xeł — state of being dark
• Albanian: terr — state of being dark
• Albanian: errësirë — state of being dark
• Albanian: mugëtirë — state of being dark
• Chungli Ao: ammang — state of being dark
• Arabic: ظَلَام (ẓalām) — state of being dark
• Arabic: ظُلْمَة (ẓulma) — state of being dark
• Arabic: عَتَمَة (ʕatama) — state of being dark
• Arabic: عتمة (ʕatme) — state of being dark
• Armenian: խավար (xavar) — state of being dark
• Armenian: մթություն (mtʻutʻyun) — state of being dark
• Aromanian: ãntunearic — state of being dark
• Aromanian: ntunearic — state of being dark
• Aromanian: scutidi — state of being dark
• Asturian: escuridá — state of being dark
• Azerbaijani: qaranlıq — state of being dark
• Azerbaijani: zülmət — state of being dark
• Belarusian: це́мра (cjémra) — state of being dark
• Belarusian: змрок (zmrok) — state of being dark
• Bulgarian: мрак (mrak) — state of being dark
• Bulgarian: тъмнина (tǎmnina) — state of being dark
• Catalan: foscor — state of being dark
• Catalan: obscuritat — state of being dark
• Cebuano: kangitngit — state of being dark
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵍⵍⴰⵙⵜ (tallast) — state of being dark
• Cherokee: ᎤᎳᏏᎬᎢ (ulasigvi) — state of being dark
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑暗 (hēi'àn) — state of being dark
• Ngazidja Comorian: hidza — state of being dark
• Czech: tma — state of being dark
• Czech: temnota — state of being dark
• Danish: mørke — state of being dark
• Dutch: duisternis — state of being dark
• Dutch: donkerheid — state of being dark
• Egyptian: k:k-w-N2 (kkw) — state of being dark
• Egyptian: w-x-N2 (wḫ) — state of being dark
• Egyptian: z:n-k-N2-t:hrw (snkt) — state of being dark
• Esperanto: mallumo — state of being dark
• Estonian: pimedus — state of being dark
• Ewe: viviti — state of being dark
• Finnish: pimeys — state of being dark
• French: obscurité — state of being dark
• French: ténèbres — state of being dark
• French: sombreur — state of being dark
• French: noirceur — state of being dark
• West-Frisian: tsjusternis — state of being dark
• Galician: escuridade — state of being dark
• Galician: tebras — state of being dark
• Galician: mourén — state of being dark
• Galician: foscume — state of being dark
• Galician: escureza — state of being dark
• Galician: calixen — state of being dark
• Georgian: სიბნელე (sibnele) — state of being dark
• Georgian: წყვდიადი (c̣q̇vdiadi) — state of being dark
• Georgian: უკუნეთი (uḳuneti) — state of being dark
• German: Dunkelheit — state of being dark
• German: Finsternis — state of being dark
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐍃 (riqis) — state of being dark
• Greek: σκοτάδι (skotádi) — state of being dark
• Greek: έρεβος (érevos) — state of being dark
• Greek: ζόφος (zófos) — state of being dark
• Ancient Greek: σκότος (skótos) — state of being dark
• Ancient Greek: ἔρεβος (érebos) — state of being dark
• Ancient Greek: ζόφος (zóphos) — state of being dark
• Ancient Greek: δνόφος (dnóphos) — state of being dark
• Haitian Creole: fènwa — state of being dark
• Hebrew: אֲפֵלָה (afelá) — state of being dark
• Hebrew: חֹשֶׁךְ (ẖóshech) — state of being dark
• Hebrew: עֲלָטָה ('alatá) — state of being dark
• Hindi: अंधेरा (andherā) — state of being dark
• Hindi: अन्धेरा (andherā) — state of being dark
• Hungarian: sötétség — state of being dark
• Hunsrik: tunkelheet — state of being dark
• Icelandic: myrkur — state of being dark
• Icelandic: dimma — state of being dark
• Icelandic: nifl — state of being dark
• Icelandic: ljósleysa — state of being dark
• Ido: tenebro — state of being dark
• Indonesian: kegelapan — state of being dark
• Ingrian: pimmiä — state of being dark
• Irish: dorchadas — state of being dark
• Irish: dorchacht — state of being dark
• Istriot: tienabre — state of being dark
• Italian: buio — state of being dark
• Italian: oscurità — state of being dark
• Italian: tenebre — state of being dark
• Japanese: 闇 (yami) — state of being dark
• Japanese: 暗黒 (ankoku) — state of being dark
• Javanese: pepeteng — state of being dark
• Kapampangan: kedalumduman — state of being dark
• Kazakh: қараңғылық (qarañğylyq) — state of being dark
• Kazakh: түнек (tünek) — state of being dark
• Khmer: ភាពងងឹត (phiep ŋɔŋɨt) — state of being dark
• Korean: 암흑 (amheuk) — state of being dark
• Korean: 어두움 — state of being dark
• Central Kurdish: تاریکی (tarîkî) — state of being dark
• Northern Kurdish: tarîtî — state of being dark
• Latgalian: timss — state of being dark
• Latgalian: tymsums — state of being dark
• Latin: tenebrae — state of being dark
• Latin: caligo — state of being dark
• Latin: obscuritas — state of being dark
• Latin: nox — state of being dark
• Latvian: tumsa — state of being dark
• Lithuanian: tamsa — state of being dark
• Lombard: scur — state of being dark
• Lower Tanana: xeɬ — state of being dark
• Luxembourgish: Däischtert — state of being dark
• Luxembourgish: Donkelheet — state of being dark
• Macedonian: темнина (temnina) — state of being dark
• Macedonian: мрак (mrak) — state of being dark
• Malagasy: ny maìzina — state of being dark
• Malay: kegelapan — state of being dark
• Malayalam: ഇരുട്ട് (iruṭṭŭ) — state of being dark
• Maltese: dlam — state of being dark
• Māori: hinapouri — state of being dark
• Māori: taipouri — state of being dark
• Māori: whēuriuri — state of being dark
• Māori: pōtangotango — state of being dark
• Marathi: अंधार (andhār) — state of being dark
• Marathi: काळोख (kāḷokh) — state of being dark
• Middle English: derknesse — state of being dark
• Mongolian: харанхуй (xaranxuj) — state of being dark
• Mwani: kisi — state of being dark
• Navajo: chahałheeł — state of being dark
• Norwegian Bokmål: mørke — state of being dark
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørker — state of being dark
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørke — state of being dark
• Occitan: foscor — state of being dark
• Occitan: escuritat — state of being dark
• Church Slavic: тьма (tĭma) — state of being dark
• Old English: þīestru — state of being dark
• Oromo: dukkana — state of being dark
• Persian: تیرگی (tiregi) — state of being dark
• Persian: تاریکی (târiki) — state of being dark
• Polish: ciemność — state of being dark
• Polish: mrok — state of being dark
• Portuguese: escuridão — state of being dark
• Portuguese: trevas — state of being dark
• Portuguese: obscuridade — state of being dark
• Punjabi: ہَنیر (haner) — state of being dark
• Punjabi: ہَنیرا (hanerā) — state of being dark
• Quechua: laqha — state of being dark
• Romagnol: bur — state of being dark
• Romanian: întuneric — state of being dark
• Romanian: întunecime — state of being dark
• Russian: темнота́ (temnotá) — state of being dark
• Russian: тьма (tʹma) — state of being dark
• Russian: мрак (mrak) — state of being dark
• Russian: потёмки (potjómki) — state of being dark
• Northern Sami: seavdnjat — state of being dark
• Northern Sami: seavdnjadas — state of being dark
• Sanskrit: रजस् (rajas) — state of being dark
• Sanskrit: ध्वान्त (dhvānta) — state of being dark
• Sanskrit: अन्धकार (andhakāra) — state of being dark
• Sanskrit: तमस् (tamas) — state of being dark
• Scottish Gaelic: dubhar — state of being dark
• Scottish Gaelic: dorchadas — state of being dark
• Scottish Gaelic: dubh — state of being dark
• Serbo-Croatian: тама — state of being dark
• Serbo-Croatian: тамноћа — state of being dark
• Serbo-Croatian: мрачнина — state of being dark
• Serbo-Croatian: мрачност — state of being dark
• Serbo-Croatian: tama — state of being dark
• Serbo-Croatian: tamnoća — state of being dark
• Serbo-Croatian: mračnina — state of being dark
• Serbo-Croatian: mračnost — state of being dark
• Slovak: tma — state of being dark
• Slovak: temnota — state of being dark
• Slovene: tema — state of being dark
• Somali: mugddi — state of being dark
• Spanish: oscuridad — state of being dark
• Sranan Tongo: dungru — state of being dark
• Sumerian: 𒂿 (/⁠etutum⁠/) — state of being dark
• Sumerian: 𒋯 (/⁠gansis⁠/) — state of being dark
• Sumerian: 𒌖 (/⁠itima⁠/) — state of being dark
• Sumerian: 𒀯𒅊 (/⁠mulsig⁠/) — state of being dark
• Sumerian: 𒍪𒈬𒊌 (/⁠sumug⁠/) — state of being dark
• Sumerian: 𒌓𒄷𒄭 (/⁠udmud⁠/) — state of being dark
• Swedish: mörker — state of being dark
• Tagalog: kadiliman — state of being dark
• Tamil: இருள் (iruḷ) — state of being dark
• Tamil: இருட்டு (iruṭṭu) — state of being dark
• Tanacross: xéł — state of being dark
• Tarifit: taǧǧest — state of being dark
• Telugu: చీకటి (cīkaṭi) — state of being dark
• Telugu: అంధకారము (andhakāramu) — state of being dark
• Thai: ความมืด (kwaam mêut) — state of being dark
• Tibetan: མུན་པ (mun pa) — state of being dark
• Tocharian B: orkamo — state of being dark
• Tok Pisin: tudak — state of being dark
• Turkish: karanlık — state of being dark
• Ottoman Turkish: سواد (sevâd) — state of being dark
• Udi: беъиънкъ (be̱i̱nq̇) — state of being dark
• Udi: байинкъ (bajinq̇) — state of being dark
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎄𐎂𐎚 (mdgt) — state of being dark
• Ukrainian: те́мрява (témrjava) — state of being dark
• Ukrainian: тьма́ (tʹmá) — state of being dark
• Ukrainian: мо́рок (mórok) — state of being dark
• Ukrainian: темно́та (temnóta) — state of being dark
• Ukrainian: темнота́ (temnotá) — state of being dark
• Urdu: اندھیرا (andherā) — state of being dark
• Uzbek: qorongʻilik — state of being dark
• Vietnamese: bóng tối — state of being dark
• Welsh: tywyllwch — state of being dark
• Yámana: akuš — state of being dark
• Yiddish: פֿינצטערניש (fintsternish) — state of being dark
• Yoruba: òkùnkùn — state of being dark
• Zazaki: tarı — state of being dark
• Catalan: tenebres — gloom
• Cornish: tewlder — gloom
• Danish: mørke — gloom
• Dutch: schemering — gloom
• Esperanto: tenebro — gloom
• Finnish: synkkyys — gloom
• French: noirceur — gloom
• French: sombreur — gloom
• Italian: buio — gloom
• Middle English: derknesse — gloom
• Portuguese: trevas — gloom
• Romanian: întristare — gloom
• Romanian: tristețe — gloom
• Spanish: tinieblas — gloom
• Finnish: pimeys — the product of being dark
• French: ténèbres — the product of being dark
• French: noirceur — the product of being dark
• Middle English: derknesse — the product of being dark
• Scottish Gaelic: dubh — the product of being dark
• Catalan: negror — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
• Finnish: tummuus — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
• French: noirceur — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
• French: sombreur — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
• Galician: negror — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
• Italian: scuro — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
• Middle English: derknesse — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
• Portuguese: escuro — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
• Romanian: negreală — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
• Northern Sami: seavdnjatvuohta — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
• Scottish Gaelic: dubhar — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
• Scottish Gaelic: dorchadas — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
• Scottish Gaelic: dubh — state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish