Pronunciation AHD: /blăk/ IPA: /blæk/ SAMPA: /bl{k/ Noun ;black the darkest colour a black dye or pigment (possibly capitalized) a Negro Antonyms white Translations Chinese: 黑色 German: Schwarz n (1,2), Schwarzer m (3) Hebrew: שחור (Sha'chor) m, שחורה (Sh'cho'ra) f Interlingua: nigro (noun) Persian: سياه (siāh) Spanish: negro m (1,3), negra f (3) Swedish: svart (1,3) Adjective ;black absorbing all light and reflecting none dark and colourless without light pertaining to Negros or (especially US) the Negro culture.
;black
Translations French: noir (1) German: schwarz (1,2,3,4) Hebrew: שחור Interlingua: nigre Italian: nero (1) Persian: سياه (siāh) Spanish: negro m, negra f Swedish: svart (1,2,3,4) Antonyms white Related terms blackball black bear blackcurrant black out Black Panther Black Power black pudding See also Appendix:Colours Translations Basque: beltz Breton: du Bosnian: crn m, crna f, crno n, crni pl m, crne pl f, crna pl n Bulgarian: чeрeн Catalan: negre n, negra f Chinese: 黑 Czech: černý Cornish: du Corsican: neru Dutch: zwart Esperanto: nigra Finnish: musta French: noir Frisian: swart Greek: μαύρος (modern), melan (ancient) Hungarian: fekete Indonesian: hitam Italian: nero Japanese: 黒い (くろい, kuroi) Latin: negro Manchu: sahaliyan Marathi: kalla Persian: سياه (siāh) Polish: czarny Portuguese: negro, preto Romanian: negru Russian: чёрный Slovak: čierny Turkish: kara Vietnamese: đen
