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Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The assassin crept into the royal bedchamber only after it was pitch-dark.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
extremely dark
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a black moonless night
- through the pitch-black woods
- it was pitch-dark in the cellar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: black, pitch-black
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
тъмен като в рог
(tǎmen kato v rog)
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Chinese Mandarin:
黑沉沉
(hēichēnchēn)
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Chinese Mandarin:
漆黑
(qīhēi)
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Chinese Mandarin:
墨黑
(mòhēi)
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Dutch:
pikzwart
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Finnish:
säkkipimeä
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Finnish:
pilkkopimeä
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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French:
noir comme dans un four
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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German:
stockdunkel
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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German:
stockfinster
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Ingrian:
pilkko pimmiä
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Irish:
dubh dorcha
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Irish:
chomh dubh le pic
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Italian:
pesto
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Italian:
nero come la pece
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Japanese:
真っ暗な
(makkura na)
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Northern Kurdish:
tikîtarî
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Northern Kurdish:
şevtarî
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bekmørk
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Russian:
непрогля́дный
(neprogljádnyj)
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Russian:
беспросве́тный
(besprosvétnyj)
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Russian:
чёрный как смоль
(čórnyj kak smolʹ)
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Swedish:
beckmörk
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Tajik:
топ-торик
(top-torik)
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
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Uzbek:
qop-qorongʻi
— absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch
