obscurity

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əbˈskjʊəɹɪti/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əbˈskjɔːɹɪti/
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• General-American: /əbˈskjʊɹɪti/
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• General-American: /əbˈskjɝɪti/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 B S K Y UH1 R AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English obscurite, obscuryte, from Middle French obscurité and its etymon Latin obscūritās. By surface analysis, obscure + -ity.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: escuridá — darkness; the absence of light
• Bulgarian: тъмнина (tǎmnina) — darkness; the absence of light
• Bulgarian: мрак (mrak) — darkness; the absence of light
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑暗 (hēi'àn) — darkness; the absence of light
• French: obscurité — darkness; the absence of light
• Greek: σκότος (skótos) — darkness; the absence of light
• Greek: σκοτεινότητα (skoteinótita) — darkness; the absence of light
• Italian: oscurità — darkness; the absence of light
• Japanese: 闇 (yami) — darkness; the absence of light
• Japanese: 暗黒 (ankoku) — darkness; the absence of light
• Polish: mrok — darkness; the absence of light
• Polish: ciemność — darkness; the absence of light
• Portuguese: obscuridade — darkness; the absence of light
• Romanian: obscuritate — darkness; the absence of light
• Russian: мрак (mrak) — darkness; the absence of light
• Russian: темнота́ (temnotá) — darkness; the absence of light
• Russian: тьма (tʹma) — darkness; the absence of light
• Spanish: oscuridad — darkness; the absence of light
• Tarifit: taǧǧest — darkness; the absence of light
• Bulgarian: неизвестност (neizvestnost) — The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
• Greek: αφάνεια (afáneia) — The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
• Greek: ασημότητα (asimótita) — The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
• Greek: ταπεινότητα (tapeinótita) — The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
• Ancient Greek: ἀφάνεια (apháneia) — The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
• Hindi: अख्याति (akhyāti) — The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
• Irish: aduaine — The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
• Japanese: 無名 (mumei) — The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
• Russian: неизве́стность (neizvéstnostʹ) — The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
• Russian: безве́стность (bezvéstnostʹ) — The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
• Spanish: obscuridad — The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
• Spanish: obscuración — The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
• Arabic: إِبْهَام (ʔibhām) — The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
• Bulgarian: неразбираемост (nerazbiraemost) — The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
• Greek: ασάφεια (asáfeia) — The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
• Greek: θολότητα (tholótita) — The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
• Ancient Greek: ἀμαυρότης (amaurótēs) — The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
• Hindi: गहनता (gahantā) — The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
• Hindi: दुर्बोध्यता (durbodhyatā) — The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
• Irish: aduaine — The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
• Latin: obscūritās — The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
• Russian: нея́сность (nejásnostʹ) — The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
• Spanish: obscuridad — The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
• Spanish: obscuración — The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand