pitch-black

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From pitch (“tar”) + black. Compare West Frisian pikswart (literally “pitch-black”), Dutch pikzwart (literally “pitch-black”), German pechschwarz (literally “pitch-black”), Swedish becksvart (literally “pitch-black”), Icelandic biksvartur (literally “pitch-black”).

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: qapqara — of the blackest black
• Azerbaijani: zil qara — of the blackest black
• Bulgarian: черен като катран (čeren kato katran) — of the blackest black
• Catalan: negre d'atzabeja — of the blackest black
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑沉沉 (hēichēnchēn) — of the blackest black
• Chinese Mandarin: 漆黑 (qīhēi) — of the blackest black
• Chinese Mandarin: 墨黑 (mòhēi) — of the blackest black
• Chinese Mandarin: 烏黑 /乌黑 (wūhēi) — of the blackest black
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑漆漆 (hēiqīqī) — of the blackest black
• Czech: černočerný — of the blackest black
• Danish: kulsort — of the blackest black
• Danish: begsort — of the blackest black
• Dutch: pikzwart — of the blackest black
• Esperanto: karbonigra — of the blackest black
• Esperanto: peĉnigra — of the blackest black
• Estonian: süsimust — of the blackest black
• Finnish: pikimusta — of the blackest black
• Finnish: sysimusta — of the blackest black
• French: noir complet — of the blackest black
• French: noir total — of the blackest black
• French: noir comme poix — of the blackest black
• French: nuit noire — of the blackest black
• Galician: negro coma pez — of the blackest black
• Galician: negro coma a pez — of the blackest black
• Georgian: კუპრისფერი (ḳuṗrisperi) — of the blackest black
• Georgian: ნახშირისფერი (naxširisperi) — of the blackest black
• Georgian: კუნაპეტი (ḳunaṗeṭi) — of the blackest black
• Georgian: უკუნი (uḳuni) — of the blackest black
• German: pechschwarz — of the blackest black
• German: stockdunkel — of the blackest black
• German: stockfinster — of the blackest black
• German: jettschwarz — of the blackest black
• Greek: κατάμαυρος (katámavros) — of the blackest black
• Hungarian: koromfekete — of the blackest black
• Hungarian: szurokfekete — of the blackest black
• Icelandic: kolamyrkur — of the blackest black
• Icelandic: svartamyrkur — of the blackest black
• Ingrian: pikimusta — of the blackest black
• Irish: ciardhubh — of the blackest black
• Italian: cupo — of the blackest black
• Italian: nero come la pece — of the blackest black
• Italian: buio pesto — of the blackest black
• Japanese: 漆黒の (shikkoku no) — of the blackest black
• Latin: piceus — of the blackest black
• Luxembourgish: pechschwaarz — of the blackest black
• Māori: hinapouri — of the blackest black
• Māori: pouri ngihangiha — of the blackest black
• Māori: tuauriuri — of the blackest black
• Māori: niwaniwa — of the blackest black
• Navajo: diłhił — of the blackest black
• Norwegian Bokmål: kullsvart — of the blackest black
• Norwegian Bokmål: beksvart — of the blackest black
• Norwegian Bokmål: bekmørk — of the blackest black
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kolsvart — of the blackest black
• Norwegian Nynorsk: beksvart — of the blackest black
• Polish: gagatowy — of the blackest black
• Polish: smołowy — of the blackest black
• Portuguese: preto como carvão — of the blackest black
• Romanian: negru complet — of the blackest black
• Romanian: negru ca tăciunele — of the blackest black
• Russian: смоляно́й (smoljanój) — of the blackest black
• Russian: у́гольно-чёрный (úgolʹno-čórnyj) — of the blackest black
• Russian: чёрный как смоль (čórnyj kak smolʹ) — of the blackest black
• Scottish Gaelic: dubh dorch — of the blackest black
• Serbo-Croatian: мркли мрак — of the blackest black
• Serbo-Croatian: mrkli mrak — of the blackest black
• Spanish: negro como la pez — of the blackest black
• Spanish: muy oscuro — of the blackest black
• Spanish: oscurísimo — of the blackest black
• Spanish: más negro que los cojones de un burro — of the blackest black
• Spanish: más negro que un tizón — of the blackest black
• Swahili: eusi ti ti ti — of the blackest black
• Swedish: kolsvart — of the blackest black
• Swedish: becksvart — of the blackest black
• Swedish: beckmörk — of the blackest black
• Swedish: kolmörk — of the blackest black
• Swedish: ramsvart — of the blackest black
• Swedish: gagatsvart — of the blackest black
• Tajik: сип-сиёҳ (sip-siyoh) — of the blackest black
• Turkish: kapkara — of the blackest black
• Turkish: simsiyah — of the blackest black
• Turkish: kuzguni — of the blackest black
• Turkish: zifiri karanlık — of the blackest black
• Uzbek: zimziyo — of the blackest black
• Uzbek: qop-qora — of the blackest black
• Vietnamese: tối om — of the blackest black
• Vietnamese: tối thui — of the blackest black
• Vietnamese: tối đen — of the blackest black
• Welsh: pygddu — of the blackest black
• Welsh: purddu — of the blackest black