ebony

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Etymology tree Egyptian hbnjbor. Ancient Greek ἕβενος (hébenos)bor. Latin hebenus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin ebeniusder. Middle English ebenif English heben, hebeny English ebony From earlier heben, hebeny, from Middle English ebenif, hebenyf (influenced by Late Latin hebeninus), from Ecclesiastical Latin ebenius (“of ebony”), from Latin hebenus (“ebon tree”), from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj, U13:n-Z4:M3

From ebony. First used by African Americans in the 1970s.

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: եբենոսե (ebenose) — made of ebony wood
• Armenian: եբենոսյա (ebenosya) — made of ebony wood
• Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos) — made of ebony wood
• Bulgarian: абаносов (abanosov) — made of ebony wood
• Dutch: ebbenhouten — made of ebony wood
• Finnish: eebenpuinen — made of ebony wood
• French: d'ébène — made of ebony wood
• German: aus Ebenholz — made of ebony wood
• German: Ebenholz- — made of ebony wood
• Greek: εβένινος (evéninos) — made of ebony wood
• Hindi: आबनूसी (ābnūsī) — made of ebony wood
• Ido: ebena — made of ebony wood
• Latin: hebeneus — made of ebony wood
• Latin: ebeneus — made of ebony wood
• Macedonian: абоносов (abonosov) — made of ebony wood
• Polish: hebanowy — made of ebony wood
• Portuguese: de ébano — made of ebony wood
• Russian: эбе́новый (ebénovyj) — made of ebony wood
• Spanish: de ébano — made of ebony wood
• Swahili: -a abunusi — made of ebony wood
• Turkish: abanoz — made of ebony wood
• Ukrainian: ебе́новий (ebénovyj) — made of ebony wood
• Esperanto: ebona — deep, dark black colour
• German: ebenholzfarben — deep, dark black colour
• Greek: κατάμαυρος (katámavros) — deep, dark black colour
• Hindi: आबनूसी (ābnūsī) — deep, dark black colour
• Ido: ebenea — deep, dark black colour
• Indonesian: cewek hitam — deep, dark black colour
• Polish: hebanowy — deep, dark black colour
• Portuguese: ébano — deep, dark black colour
• Portuguese: ebâneo — deep, dark black colour
• Romanian: negru-abanos — deep, dark black colour
• Russian: чёрный (čórnyj) — deep, dark black colour
• Swahili: -a rangi ya abunusi — deep, dark black colour
• Swedish: ebenholtssvart — deep, dark black colour
• Turkish: abanoz — deep, dark black colour
• Arabic: آبَنُوس (ʔābanūs) — wood
• Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos) — wood
• Armenian: աբանոս (abanos) — wood
• Armenian: էբենոսափայտ (ēbenosapʻayt) — wood
• Bengali: আবলুস (abolus) — wood
• Bulgarian: абано́с (abanós) — wood
• Catalan: eben — wood
• Catalan: banús — wood
• Chinese Mandarin: 烏木 /乌木 (wūmù) — wood
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑檀 (hēitán) — wood
• Czech: ebenové dřevo — wood
• Danish: ibenholt — wood
• Dutch: ebben — wood
• Dutch: ebbenhout — wood
• Egyptian: hb:n-y:M3 (hbnj) — wood
• Esperanto: ebono — wood
• Faroese: íbinviður — wood
• Faroese: svartviður — wood
• Finnish: eebenpuu — wood
• French: ébène — wood
• French: bois d'ébène — wood
• Galician: ébano — wood
• Georgian: აბანოზი (abanozi) — wood
• German: Ebenholz — wood
• Greek: έβενος (évenos) — wood
• Ancient Greek: ἔβενος (ébenos) — wood
• Gujarati: અબનૂસ (abanūs) — wood
• Hebrew: הָבְנֶה (hovnéh) — wood
• Hindi: आबनूस (ābnūs) — wood
• Hungarian: ében — wood
• Hungarian: ébenfa — wood
• Ido: ebeno — wood
• Indonesian: abnus — wood
• Irish: éabann — wood
• Italian: ebano — wood
• Japanese: コクタン材 (kokutanzai) — wood
• Latin: hebeneus — wood
• Macedonian: абонос (abonos) — wood
• Malagasy: hazoarina — wood
• Malagasy: hazoary — wood
• Malay: abnus — wood
• Malayalam: കരിമരം (karimaraṁ) — wood
• Malayalam: കരിന്താളി (karintāḷi) — wood
• Manx: eabban — wood
• Norwegian Bokmål: ibenholt — wood
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ibenholt — wood
• Persian: آبنوس (âbnus) — wood
• Polish: heban — wood
• Portuguese: ébano — wood
• Romanian: abanos — wood
• Russian: чёрное де́рево (čórnoje dérevo) — wood
• Russian: эбе́новое де́рево (ebénovoje dérevo) — wood
• Russian: эбе́н (ebén) — wood
• Serbo-Croatian: ебановина — wood
• Serbo-Croatian: абонос — wood
• Serbo-Croatian: ebanovina — wood
• Serbo-Croatian: abonos — wood
• Spanish: ébano — wood
• Swahili: abunusi — wood
• Swedish: ebenholts — wood
• Swedish: ebenholtsträ — wood
• Tagalog: ebano — wood
• Tagalog: bantulihaw — wood
• Thai: ตะโก (dtà-goo) — wood
• Turkish: abanoz — wood
• Ottoman Turkish: آبانوز (abanoz) — wood
• Ukrainian: ебе́нове дерево (ebénove derevo) — wood
• Ukrainian: геба́н (hebán) — wood
• Urdu: آبْنُوس (ābnūs) — wood
• Vietnamese: gỗ mun — wood
• Armenian: եբենոս (ebenos) — tree
• Armenian: աբանոս (abanos) — tree
• Bulgarian: абано́с (abanós) — tree
• Catalan: eben — tree
• Catalan: banús — tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑檀樹 /黑檀树 — tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 烏木 /乌木 (wūmù) — tree
• Egyptian: hb:n-y:M3 (hbnj) — tree
• Finnish: eebenpuu — tree
• French: ébénier — tree
• Galician: ébano — tree
• Greek: έβενος (évenos) — tree
• Ancient Greek: ἔβενος (ébenos) — tree
• Hindi: आबनूस (ābnūs) — tree
• Hungarian: ében — tree
• Hungarian: ébenfa — tree
• Ido: ebeniero — tree
• Italian: ebano — tree
• Japanese: コクタン (kokutan) — tree
• Latin: hebenus — tree
• Macedonian: абонос (abonos) — tree
• Persian: آبنوس (âbnus) — tree
• Polish: heban — tree
• Portuguese: ébano — tree
• Romanian: abanos — tree
• Russian: чёрное де́рево (čórnoje dérevo) — tree
• Russian: эбе́новое де́рево (ebénovoje dérevo) — tree
• Serbo-Croatian: ebanovina — tree
• Shan: ဝႅတ်ႈ (wēt) — tree
• Spanish: ébano — tree
• Swahili: mpingo — tree
• Swedish: ebenholts — tree
• Swedish: ebenholtsträd — tree
• Tagalog: ebano — tree
• Tagalog: bantulihaw — tree
• Thai: ตะโก (dtà-goo) — tree
• Thai: มะเกลือ (má-glʉʉa) — tree
• Turkish: abanoz — tree
• Ottoman Turkish: آبانوز (abanoz) — tree
• Urdu: آبْنُوس (ābnūs) — tree
• Catalan: eben — colour
• Catalan: banús — colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 烏黑 /乌黑 (wūhēi) — colour
• Finnish: pikimusta — colour
• French: ébène — colour
• Galician: ébano — colour
• Georgian: კუპრისფერი (ḳuṗrisperi) — colour
• German: Ebenholz — colour
• Hindi: आबनूस (ābnūs) — colour
• Hungarian: ében — colour
• Hungarian: ébenfekete — colour
• Ido: ebenea — colour
• Italian: ebano — colour
• Polish: heban — colour
• Portuguese: ébano — colour
• Romanian: negru-abanos — colour
• Romanian: negru de abanos — colour
• Russian: чёрный цвет (čórnyj cvet) — colour
• Spanish: ébano — colour
• Swahili: rangi ya abunusi — colour
• Swedish: ebenholts — colour
• Tagalog: ebano — colour
• Tagalog: bantulihaw — colour
• Urdu: آبْنُوس (ābnūs) — colour