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This page contains translations for black. See the main entry for more information.

English

Adjective

Translations

absorbing all light

• Abkhaz: аиқәаҵәа (ajkʷacʷʼa)
• Acehnese: itam
• Adnyamathanha: waurrunha
• Afrikaans: swart (af)
• Aklanon: maitum
• Albanian: zi (sq)
• Amharic: ጥቁር (ṭəḳur)
• Andi: бечӏедир (bečʼedir)
• Angloromani: kalo
• Apache:

  Western Apache: diłhił

• Arabic: أَسْوَد (ar) m (ʔaswad), سَوْدَاء f (sawdāʔ), سُود pl (sūd)

  Egyptian Arabic: اسود (eswid)

  Hijazi Arabic: أسود (ʔaswad)

  Moroccan Arabic: كحل (kḥal), سود (swad)

• Aragonese: negro
• Armenian: սև (hy) (sew)
• Aromanian: negru, laiu (roa-rup)
• Asháninka: cheenkari, kisaari
• Assamese: ক‌’লা (ko‌öla), কুলা (kula) (Central)
• Asturian: ñegru (ast), negru (ast), prietu (ast)
• Atikamekw: makatewaw
• Atong (India): pinak
• Avar: чӏегӏера (čʼeʻera), чӏегӏераб (čʼeʻerab)
• Aymara: ch’iyara
• Azerbaijani: qara (az)
• Balinese: badeng
• Banjarese: hirang
• Bashkir: ҡара (qara)
• Basque: beltz
• Bats: ჺარჭი^ნ (ʿarč̣iⁿ)
• Belarusian: чо́рны (be) (čórny)
• Bengali: কালো (bn) (kalō), কাল (bn) (kal)
• Bhojpuri: करिया (kariyā)
• Big Nambas: im'ət
• Breton: du (br)
• Buginese: ma-lotoŋ
• Bulgarian: че́рен (bg) (čéren)
• Burmese: နက် (my) (nak), မည်း (my) (many:)
• Buryat: хара (xara)
• Catalan: negre (ca)
• Cebuano: itom
• Chamicuro: kosewa
• Chechen: ӏаьржа (ˀärža)
• Cherokee: ᎬᎿᎨ (gvhnage)
• Chickasaw: losa'
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黑 (yue) (hak¹), 黑色 (haak¹ sik¹, hak¹ sik¹)

  Dungan: хи (hi)

  Eastern Min: 烏／乌 (ŭ)

  Hokkien: 黑 (hek), 黑色 (hek-sek), 烏色／乌色 (zh-min-nan) (o͘-siak / o͘-sek)

  Mandarin: 黑 (zh) (hēi), 黑色 (zh) (hēisè), 烏色／乌色 (zh) (wūsè) (regional)

  Wu: 黑

• Chuukese: chon
• Chuvash: хура (hura)
• Coptic: (Bohairic) ⲭⲁⲙⲉ (khame)
• Cornish: du
• Corsican: neru (co)
• Crimean Tatar: qara
• Czech: černý (cs)
• Dalmatian: fosc
• Danish: sort (da)
• Dogrib: dezǫ
• Dolgan: кара
• Dutch: zwart (nl)
• Dzongkha: གནགཔོ (gngpo)
• Eastern Arrernte: artepe
• Egyptian: (km)
• Elfdalian: swart
• Erzya: раужо (raužo)
• Esperanto: nigra (eo)
• Estonian: must (et)
• Etruscan: 𐌑𐌖𐌓𐌉 (śuri)
• Even: хакарин (hakarin)
• Evenki: конңорин
• Ewe: yibɔ
• Extremaduran: negru
• Faroese: svartur (fo)
• Fijian: loaloa (fj)
• Finnish: musta (fi)
• French: noir (fr)
• Friulian: neri
• Galician: negro (gl), preto (gl) m
• Georgian: შავი (ka) (šavi)
• German: schwarz (de)
• Godoberi: бечӏер
• Gondi: నల్లా (nallā)
• Gorontalo: yitomo (gor)
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍄𐍃 (swarts)
• Greek: μαύρος (el) m (mávros)

  Ancient: ἀμαυρός (amaurós), κελαινός (kelainós), μέλας (mélas), μαυρός (maurós)

• Greenlandic: qernertoq (kl)
• Gujarati: કાળું (gu) (kāḷũ)
• Haitian Creole: nwa
• Halkomelem: ts'q'éyx̱

  Vancouver Island: tsq'ix

• Hawaiian: ʻeleʻele
• Hebrew: שחור \ שָׁחֹר (he) (shakhór), שחורה \ שְׁחֹרָה f (sh'khorá)
• Higaonon: maitum
• Hiligaynon: maitum
• Hindi: काला (hi) (kālā), कारौ (hi) (kārau) (Braj)
• Hopi: qömvi
• Hungarian: fekete (hu)
• Ibanag: ngisit
• Icelandic: svartur (is)
• Ido: nigra (io)
• Igbo: nwa
• Ilocano: nangisit
• Indonesian: hitam (id)
• Ingush: ӏаьржа (ˀärža)
• Interlingua: nigre (ia)
• Iranun: maitem
• Irish: dubh (ga)
• Isnag: ngisit
• Istriot: nìgaro, nìgro
• Istro-Romanian: negru
• Italian: nero (it)
• Iu Mien: jieqv
• Japanese: 黒い (ja) (くろい, kuroi), 黒色の (こくしょくの, kokushoku no)
• Javanese: ireng (jv), ireŋ, cemeŋ, hirěng
• Jingpho: chyang
• Kalmyk: хар (xar)
• Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪು (kn) (kappu)
• Kapampangan: matuling
• Karachay-Balkar: къара (qara)
• Kashubian: czôrny
• Kaurna: pulyuna
• Kazakh: қара (kk) (qara)
• Khakas: хара (xara)
• Khinalug: мичӏаь (mič̣ä)
• Khmer: ខ្មៅ (km) (kmav)
• Khoekhoe: ǂnū
• Kikuyu: -irũ
• Komi-Permyak: сьӧд (śöd)
• Kongo: ndombe
• Korean: 검다 (ko) (geomda) (predicative), 검은 (ko) (geomeun) (attributive), 까맣다 (ko) (kkamata) (predicative), 까만 (kkaman) (attributive)
• Kumyk: къара (qara)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕەش (ckb) (reş)

  Northern Kurdish: reş (ku)

• Kwak'wala: ^{(please verify)} t̕so'la̱m (all black) , ^{(please verify)} t̕suła̱ga (black on the inside, e.g. a canoe) , ^{(please verify)} t̕suła̱x̱tłe (black on top, e.g. someone's head)
• Kyrgyz: кара (ky) (kara), күңүрт кара (küŋürt kara), караңгы (ky) (karaŋgı), каралоо (ky) (karaloo), ушактоо (ky) (uşaktoo), жамандоо (ky) (jamandoo), жаманатты кылуу (ky) (jamanattı kıluu), жала жабуу (ky) (jala jabuu), көө (ky) (köö), ^{(please verify)} негр (ky) (negr)
• Ladakhi: ནག་པོ (nag po)
• Ladin: fosch m
• Ladino: preto
• Lakota: sápa
• Lao: ດຳ (dam)
• Latgalian: malns
• Latin: (flat/dull) ater (la), (shining) niger (la)
• Latvian: melns (lv)
• Lezgi: чӏулав (č̣ulav)
• Lhao Vo: no, (nòʔ)
• Ligurian: néigro
• Limburgish: zwart (li)
• Lingala: moíndo
• Lithuanian: júodas
• Lombard: négher, negro
• Low German:

  German Low German: swart (nds)

• Lü: ᦡᧄ (ḋam)
• Macedonian: црн (crn)
• Madurese: celleng
• Makasar: le'leng
• Malagasy: mainty (mg)
• Malay: hitam (ms), aswad (ms), lotong (ms), lutung, lutong

  Jawi: هيتم (ms), اسود, لوتوڠ

• Malayalam: കറുപ്പ് (ml) (kaṟuppŭ)
• Maltese: iswed (mt) m, sewda f, suwed pl
• Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan), ᡴᠠᡵᠠ (kara)
• Mansaka: maitum
• Manx: doo
• Maori: mangu (mi)
• Maranao: maitem, delem
• Marathi: काळा (mr) m (kāḷā), काळी f (kāḷī), काळे n (kāḷe)
• Maricopa: nilyig
• Mauritian Creole: nwar
• Megleno-Romanian: negru
• Minangkabau: itam (min)
• Mizo: dum
• Mòcheno: schbòrz
• Moksha: равжа (ravža)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хар (mn) (xar)

  Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ (qar-a)

• Mopan Maya: bʼox
• Nafaanra: wɔɔ
• Nahuatl:

  Central: tliltic

  Classical: tliltic, capotztic

• Nanai: сахарин (saharin)
• Nauruan: etangang (na), etañañ (older orthography), etaŋaŋ (older orthography)
• Navajo: łizhin
• Naxi: naq
• Neapolitan: niro
• Nepali: कालो (ne) (kālo)
• Ngarrindjeri: kro:tin
• Ngazidja Comorian: -ɗu
• Nias: a-itö
• Nogai: кара (kara)
• Nootka: tupkuk
• Norman: nièr m, né m, néthe f, naithe f
• North Frisian:

  Föhr: suart

  Hallig: süürt

  Mooring, Wiedingharde: suurt

• Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} сэ̄мыл (sè̄myl)
• Northern Sami: čáhppes
• Norwegian: svart (no), sort (no)
• Nottoway-Meherrin: gahuntee
• O'odham: chuk
• Occitan: negre (oc)
• Odia: କଲା (or) (kalā)
• Ojibwe: makade-, (inanimate verb, "it is black") makadewaa, (animate verb, "he/she/it is black") makadewizi
• Old Church Slavonic: чрьнъ (črĭnŭ)
• Old English: blæc, sweart
• Old Frisian: swart, swert
• Old High German: swarz
• Old Norse: svartr, blakkr
• Old Saxon: swart
• Old Tupi: un
• Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (kara)
• Old Uyghur: 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽾𐽰 (kara)
• Oromo: gurraacha (om)
• Ossetian: сау (saw)
• Pangasinan: deket
• Pashto: تور (ps)
• Persian: سیاه (fa) (siyâh)
• Piedmontese: neir
• Pitjantjatjara: maṟu
• Polish: czarny (pl)
• Portuguese: preto (pt), atro (pt), negro (pt)
• Punjabi: ਕਾਲਾ (pa) (kālā)
• Quechua: yana
• Quileute: shĺpa
• Rapa Nui: kere kere, uri uri
• Rohingya: hala
• Romagnol: négar
• Romani: kalo

  Balkan Romani: kalo

  Baltic Romani: kalo

  Carpathian Romani: kalo

  Sinte Romani: kalo

  Vlax Romani: kalo

• Romanian: negru (ro)
• Romansch: nair
• Russian: чёрный (ru) (čórnyj), вороно́й (ru) (voronój) (of horse colours, sometimes of cars)
• Saanich: NEKIX
• Sanskrit: कृष्ण (sa) (kṛṣṇa), काला (sa) (kālā)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: nieddu m

  Logudorese: niéddhu m

  Nuorese: nigheddu m

• Sasak: bidəŋ
• Scottish Gaelic: dubh (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цр̑н

  Roman: cȓn (sh)

• Sherpa: ནག་པུ (nag pu)
• Shona: dema
• Shor: қара (qara)
• Sicilian: nìuru (scn)
• Sindhi: ڪارو (sd)
• Sinhalese: කළු (si) (kaḷu)
• Slovak: čierny
• Slovene: črn (sl)
• Slovincian: czorny
• Somali: madow (so)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: carny

  Upper Sorbian: čorny (hsb)

• Southern Altai: кара (kara)
• Spanish: negro (es)
• Sundanese: hideung
• Svan: მეშხე (mešxe)
• Swahili: eusi
• Swazi: mnyáma
• Swedish: svart (sv)
• Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠟꠣ (xala)
• Tabasaran: кӏару (ḳaru)
• Tachawit: aberkan (shy)
• Tagalog: itim (tl)
• Tahitian: ʻereʻere
• Tajik: сиёҳ (tg) (siyoh)
• Talysh: siyo
• Tamil: கருப்பு (ta) (karuppu)
• Tarantino: gnure
• Tarifit: aberkan m
• Tat: siyə
• Tatar: кара (tt) (qara)
• Tausug: maitum
• Telugu: నల్ల (te) (nalla), నల్లని (te) (nallani)
• Thai: ดำ (th) (dam)
• Tibetan: ནག་པོ (nag po), ནག་ཅན (nag can), རོག་རོག (rog rog)
• Tocharian B: erkent
• Tongan: ʻuliʻuli
• Turkish: kara (tr), siyah (tr)
• Turkmen: gara
• Udmurt: сьӧд (śöd)
• Ukrainian: чо́рний (uk) (čórnyj)
• Urdu: کالا m (kālā), سیاہ (syāh)
• Uyghur: قارا (ug) (qara)
• Uzbek: qora (uz), siyoh (uz)
• Vietnamese: đen (vi), đen thui (vi)
• Volapük: blägik (vo)
• Walloon: noer (wa)
• Welsh: du (cy)
• West Frisian: swart (fy)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: me'item
• White Hmong: dub
• Winnebago: seep
• Wolof: kawe-yolet
• Yagnobi: шов (šov)
• Yakut: хара (qara)
• Yiddish: שוואַרץ (shvarts)
• Zazaki: siya (diq) c
• Zealandic: zwart
• Zhuang: ndaem, fonx
• Zulu: -mnyama

without light

• Bulgarian: тъмен (bg) (tǎmen)
• Catalan: fosc (ca)
• Danish: mørk (da)
• Dutch: donker (nl)
• Esperanto: malhela (eo)
• Estonian: pime (et)
• Finnish: pimeä (fi)
• Georgian: ბნელი (bneli), მუქი (muki), ბუნდოვანი (bundovani)
• Greek: σκοτεινός (el) m (skoteinós), ερεβώδης (el) m (erevódis)
• Hungarian: sötét (hu)
• Indonesian: kelam (id), legam (id), gelap (id)
• Italian: nero (it)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تاریک (ckb) (tarîk)

• Macedonian: црн (crn), темен (temen)
• Malay: gelap (ms)
• Mizo: thim
• Norwegian: mørk (no)
• Old Tupi: putun, un
• Portuguese: escuro (pt)
• Romanian: negru (ro)
• Russian: чёрный (ru) (čórnyj)
• Slovak: tmavý
• Spanish: oscuro (es)
• Swahili: eusi
• Swedish: mörk (sv), svart (sv)
• Telugu: చీకటి (te) (cīkaṭi)
• Turkish: karanlık (tr)
• Vietnamese: tối (vi), tối tăm (vi)
• White Hmong: dub
• Zazaki: tarı c

relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned

• Arabic: زِنْجِيّ m (zinjiyy), زَنْجِيّ m (zanjiyy), أَسْوَد (ar) m (ʔaswad), حَامِيّ m (ḥāmiyy)
• Armenian: սևամորթ (hy) (sewamortʻ), նեգրական (hy) (negrakan)
• Azerbaijani: zənci (az)
• Belarusian: чо́рны (be) (čórny), чарнаску́ры (čarnaskúry), негрыця́нскі (njehrycjánski)
• Bulgarian: че́рен (bg) (čéren), черноко́ж (černokóž)
• Catalan: negre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑人 (zh) (hēirén)

• Czech: černošský
• Danish: sort (da), mørkhudet
• Dutch: zwart (nl)
• Esperanto: nigrula
• Estonian: mustanahaline
• Ewe: ameyibɔ
• Finnish: musta (fi), mustaihoinen (fi)
• French: noir (fr)
• Galician: negro (gl)
• German: schwarz (de), schwarzhäutig
• Greek: μαύρος (el) (mávros)
• Hungarian: fekete (hu)
• Icelandic: svartur (is)
• Irish: gorm (ga)
• Italian: nero (it)
• Japanese: 黒人の (ja) (こくじんの, kokujin no)
• Ladino: preto
• Latin: niger (la), ater (la)
• Macedonian: црн (crn), црнокож (crnokož)
• Malagasy: ngilongilo
• Norwegian: svart (no)
• Ottoman Turkish: قرامان (karaman)
• Persian: سیاه‌پوست (siyâh-pôst), زنگی (fa) (zangi)
• Polish: czarny (pl), czarnoskóry (pl), murzyński (pl)
• Portuguese: negro (pt), afrodescendente (pt) (less common), preto (pt) (pejorative)
• Romanian: negru (ro)
• Russian: чёрный (ru) (čórnyj), черноко́жий (ru) (černokóžij), темноко́жий (ru) (temnokóžij), негритя́нский (ru) (negritjánskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: dubh (gd), gorm
• Slovak: černošský
• Spanish: negro (es), moreno (es) m, morocho (es) m
• Swahili: eusi, mweusi
• Swedish: svart (sv)
• Tarifit: aberkan m
• Turkish: siyahi (tr)
• Ukrainian: чо́рний (uk) (čórnyj), чорношкі́рий (čornoškíryj), негритя́нський (nehrytjánsʹkyj), му́ринський (múrynsʹkyj)
• Vietnamese: (da) đen (vi)
• White Hmong: neeg dub
• Zazaki: siyak c

historical: designated for use by those with dark skin

• Danish: neger (da) (offensive)
• Esperanto: negro (eo)
• Finnish: mustien

playing cards: of the spades or clubs

• Finnish: musta (fi)
• Zazaki: siya (diq) f

bad; evil

• Arabic: أَسْوَد (ar) (ʔaswad)
• Finnish: musta (fi), synkkä (fi)
• Galician: negro (gl)
• Greek: μαύρος (el) m (mávros), κακός (el) m (kakós)
• Hungarian: fekete (hu)
• Ladino: negro
• Macedonian: црн (crn)
• Malay: gelap (ms)
• Norwegian: svart (no)
• Portuguese: negro (pt), atro (pt), sombrio (pt) (dark)
• Russian: чёрный (ru) (čórnyj)
• Slovak: temný, čierny
• Turkish: kara (tr)
• Zazaki: tarı m, tari (diq) f

expressing menace, or discontent

• Finnish: synkeä (fi)
• Hungarian: sötét (hu)
• Ladino: negro
• Slovak: temný

illegitimate, illegal or disgraced

• Bulgarian: черен (bg) (čeren)
• Danish: sort (da)
• Finnish: pimeä (fi), musta (fi)
• French: noir (fr)
• Georgian: ბნელი (bneli)
• German: schwarz (de)
• Greek: μαύρος (el) m (mávros)
• Hungarian: fekete (hu)
• Macedonian: црн (crn)
• Norwegian: svart (no)
• Portuguese: negro (pt), sombrio (pt) (dark)
• Romanian: negru (ro)
• Slovak: čierny
• Swahili: eusi

overcrowded

• Danish: sort (da) (slang)
• Finnish: mustanaan (fi) (adverb)
• French: noir de monde (fr)
• Swahili: jaa (sw)

of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener

• Danish: sort (da)
• Dutch: zwart (nl)
• Finnish: musta (fi)
• French: noir (fr)
• Galician: só (gl) m
• German: schwarz (de)
• Greek: σκέτος (el) (skétos)
• Hungarian: fekete (hu)
• Macedonian: црн (crn)
• Mizo: sen
• Norwegian: svart (no)
• Portuguese: preto (pt)
• Romanian: negru (ro)
• Russian: чёрный (ru) (čórnyj)
• Spanish: negro (es)
• Swedish: svart (sv)
• Turkish: katran (tr)

chess, checkers etc.: color opposing "white"

• Danish: sort (da)
• Esperanto: nigra (eo)
• Finnish: musta (fi)
• French: noir (fr)
• Galician: negro (gl) m
• Georgian: შავი (ka) (šavi)
• German: schwarz (de)
• Hungarian: sötét (hu)
• Macedonian: црн (crn)
• Malagasy: ngetroka (mg), mainty (mg)
• Romanian: negru (ro)
• Slovak: čierny

typography: solid, filled with color

• Finnish: musta (fi)
• Zazaki: tarıyın m

politics: related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany

• Finnish: musta (fi)

relating to an initiative whose existence or exact nature must remain withheld

• Danish: formørket, dunkel (da)
• Finnish: salainen (fi), pimeä (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German Low German: ^{(please verify)} black (nds) (archaic)
• Guerrero Amuzgo: ^{(please verify)} kíntoⁿ
• Manchu: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (sahaliyan)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} crni (sh) m
• Tunica: ^{(please verify)} me'li

Noun

Translations

colour/color

• Afrikaans: swart (af)
• Akan: tuntum
• Akkadian: 𒈪 (/⁠salmu⁠/)
• Albanian: i zi (sq), e zezë (sq)
• Arabic: أَسْوَد (ar) m (ʔaswad)

  Hijazi Arabic: أسود m (ʔaswad)

• Armenian: սև (hy) (sew)
• Assamese: ক’লা (köla)
• Asturian: ñegru (ast) m, negru (ast)
• Basque: beltz
• Breton: du (br)
• Bulgarian: черно (bg) (černo)
• Burmese: အနက် (my) (a.nak), အမည်း (my) (a.many:)
• Catalan: negre (ca) m
• Cebuano: itom
• Chechen: ӏаьржа (ˀärža)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黑色 (hak¹ sik¹)

  Mandarin: 黑色 (zh) (hēisè)

• Classical Syriac: ܐܘܟܡܐ (uk'omo)
• Czech: čerň (cs) f
• Danish: sort (da)
• Dutch: zwart (nl)
• Egyptian: (km)
• Esperanto: nigro
• Estonian: must (et)
• Ewe: yibɔ n
• Farefare: sabga
• Faroese: svartur (fo)
• Finnish: musta (fi)
• French: noir (fr)
• Galician: negro (gl) m, mouro (gl) m, preto (gl) m
• German: Schwarz (de) n
• Greek: μαύρο (el) n (mávro), μέλας (el) (mélas)
• Hausa: bak̑ī
• Hawaiian: ʻeleʻele
• Hebrew: שחור (he) m (shakhor)
• Hiligaynon: itum
• Hindi: काला (hi) m (kālā)
• Hungarian: fekete (hu)
• Icelandic: svartur (is)
• Ido: nigro (io)
• Indonesian: hitam (id)
• Interlingua: nigro
• Irish: dubh (ga) m
• Italian: nero (it) m
• Japanese: 黒 (ja) (くろ, kuro)
• Jarai: jŭ
• Javanese: ireng (jv), cemeng (jv)
• Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪು (kn) (kappu)
• Kapampangan: matuling
• Kazakh: қара (kk) (qara)
• Khmer: ខ្មៅ (km) (khmaw)
• Korean: 검정 (ko) (geomjeong), 검은색 (ko) (geomeunsaek)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: reş (ku)

• Lao: ດຳ (dam)
• Latgalian: malns m, malna f
• Latin: (shining) niger (la), (flat/dull) āter (la) m
• Latvian: melns (lv), melna f
• Ligurian: néigro m
• Lithuanian: juoduma f, juodas m
• Lombard: négher m, negro m
• Macedonian: црна f (crna)
• Malagasy: mainty (mg)
• Malay: hitam (ms), aswad (ms), lotong (ms), lutung, lutong

  Jawi: هيتم (ms), اسود, لوتوڠ

• Malayalam: കറുപ്പ് (ml) (kaṟuppŭ)
• Maltese: iswed (mt)
• Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan)
• Manx: doo
• Maori: pango (mi)
• Maricopa: nilyig
• Mongolian: хар (mn) (xar)
• Montagnais: kakashteuat
• Nahuatl:

  Classical: tliltic

• Navajo: łizhiní
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svart (no), sort (no)

• Occitan: negre (oc)
• Old Tupi: una
• Pangasinan: deket
• Pashto: تور (ps) (tor)
• Persian: سیاه (fa) (siyâh)
• Polish: czerń (pl) f
• Portuguese: preto (pt) m, negro (pt) m
• Romanian: negru (ro) n
• Russian: чёрный (ru) (čórnyj)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: nieddu m

  Logudorese: niéddhu m

  Nuorese: nigheddu m

• Saterland Frisian: swot
• Scots: bleck
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: црна f

  Roman: crna (sh) f

• Sinhalese: කළු (si) (kaḷu)
• Slovak: čierna
• Slovene: črn (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: carne n

• Spanish: negro (es) m
• Sumerian: 𒈪 (giggi)
• Sundanese: hideung
• Swedish: svart (sv)
• Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠟꠣ (xala)
• Tagalog: itim (tl)
• Tajik: сиёҳ (tg) (siyoh)
• Tamil: கருப்பு (ta) (karuppu)
• Telugu: నలుపు (te) (nalupu)
• Tetum: metan
• Thai: สีดำ (th) (sǐi-dam)
• Turkish: siyah (tr), kara (tr)
• Turkmen: gara
• Ukrainian: чо́рний (uk) m (čórnyj)
• Urdu: کالا m (kālā), سیاہ (syāh)
• Uyghur: قارا (ug) (qara)
• Vietnamese: đen (vi)
• Volapük: bläg (vo)
• Welsh: du (cy)
• White Hmong: dub
• Winnebago: seep
• Yao: dudú
• Yoruba: àwo dúdú
• Yup'ik: tunguuq (stative verb)
• Zazaki: siya (diq) c
• Zulu: -mnyama

dye, pigment

• Afrikaans: swart (af)
• Catalan: negre (ca) m
• Czech: čerň (cs) f
• Danish: sværte c
• Ewe: yibɔ n
• Finnish: musta (fi), musta väriaine
• Galician: negro (gl)
• German: Schwarz (de) n, Schwärze (de) f
• Greek: μαύρο (el) n (mávro)
• Portuguese: preto (pt) m, negro (pt) m
• Romanian: negru (ro) n
• Slovak: čerň
• Swedish: svärta (sv) c
• Vietnamese: màu đen

pen, pencil, etc. with black pigment

• Danish: sort (da) c
• Finnish: musta (fi)
• Galician: negro (gl)
• Greek: μαύρο (el) n (mávro)
• Malagasy: ngalingaly (mg)
• Portuguese: preto (pt) m, preta (pt) f
• Slovak: čierna
• Vietnamese: màu đen

black cloth hung up at funerals

• Finnish: musta vaate
• Portuguese: fumo (pt)

dark-skinned person — see also Negro

• Albanian: zezak (sq)
• Arabic: زِنْجِيّ m (zinjiyy), زَنْجِيّ m (zanjiyy), أَسْوَد (ar) m (ʔaswad), سَوْدَاء f (sawdāʔ)
• Armenian: սևամորթ (hy) (sewamortʻ), նեգր (hy) (negr), սեւական (sewakan) (informal)
• Belarusian: негр m (njehr), негрыця́нка f (njehrycjánka), чарнаску́ры m (čarnaskúry), чарнаску́рая f (čarnaskúraja)
• Bulgarian: не́гър (bg) m (négǎr), не́гърка f (négǎrka), черноко́ж m (černokóž), черноко́жа (bg) f (černokóža)
• Catalan: negre (ca) m, negra (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黑人 (hak¹ jan⁴)

  Hokkien: 烏人／乌人 (o͘-lâng)

  Mandarin: 黑人 (zh) (hēirén)

• Chiricahua: indaadiłhiłú, indaa diłhilénde (Chiricahua) , łizhínde, tʼeeshínde (Mescalero)
• Czech: černoch (cs) m, černoška (cs) f
• Danish: neger (da) m, mørkhudet c
• Dutch: zwarte (nl) m
• Esperanto: nigrulo
• Ewe: ameyibɔ n
• Finnish: musta (fi), mustaihoinen (fi)
• French: Noir (fr) m, Noire (fr) f
• Georgian: შავკანიანი (šavḳaniani)
• German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f
• Greek: μαύρος (el) m (mávros), μαύρη (el) f (mávri)
• Hindi: हबशी (hi) (habśī)
• Hungarian: néger (hu), fekete (hu)
• Indonesian: negro (id)
• Ingrian: arappi, negra
• Irish: duine gorm m
• Italian: nero (it) m, nera (it) f
• Japanese: 黒人 (ja) (こくじん, kokujin)
• Korean: 흑인(黑人) (ko) (heugin)
• Latin: aetheops m
• Lithuanian: negras m, negrė f
• Macedonian: црнец m (crnec), црнкинка f (crnkinka), црнка f (crnka) (nonstandard)
• Navajo: ^{(please verify)} Naakaii Łizhinii (African, African-American) , ^{(please verify)} Naahiłii (African-American)
• Ngazidja Comorian: mndru muɗu class 1/2
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svart (no)

• Old Tupi: tapy'yîuna
• Persian: سیاه‌پوست (siyâh-pôst), زنگی (fa) (zangi)
• Polish: murzyn (pl) m pers, murzynka (pl) f
• Portuguese: negro (pt) m, negra (pt) f
• Romanian: negru (ro), negresă (ro) f
• Russian: негр (ru) m (negr), негритя́нка (ru) f (negritjánka), чёрный (ru) m (čórnyj), чёрная (ru) f (čórnaja) (usually as adjectives), черноко́жий (ru) m (černokóžij), черноко́жая (ru) f (černokóžaja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: црнац m, црнкиња f

  Roman: crnac m, crnkinja (sh) f

• Slovak: černoch (sk) m, černoška (sk) f
• Slovene: črnec m, črnka f
• Spanish: negro (es) m, negra (es) f, moreno (es) m, greno m, charol (es) m or f (very dark, Cuba)
• Swedish: svart (sv) c
• Tajik: сиёҳпӯст (siyohpüst), зангӣ (tg) (zangi)
• Thai: คนผิวดำ (kon-pǐu-dam)
• Turkish: siyah (tr), zenci (tr)
• Ukrainian: му́рин m (múryn), му́ринка f (múrynka), негр m (nehr), негритя́нка f (nehrytjánka), чорношкі́рий m (čornoškíryj), чорношкі́ра f (čornoškíra)
• Urdu: زَن٘گی (zangī)
• Vietnamese: người da đen, người đen
• Volapük: (♂♀) blägan (vo), (♂) hiblägan, (♀) jiblägan
• Western Apache: Indaa diłhiłé, Innaa diłhiłé, Ndaa diłhiłé, Nnaa diłhiłé
• White Hmong: dub
• Zazaki: siyak c

billiards, snooker, pool: black ball

• Danish: (den) sorte c
• Finnish: musta (fi), musta pallo
• German: Schwarze (de) f
• Greek: μαύρη (el) f (mávri)
• Hungarian: fekete (hu)
• Romanian: neagră (ro) f
• Swedish: (den (sv)) svarta (sv) c
• Zazaki: siyak c

baseball: edge of home plate

type of firecracker

• Danish: sort stryger c

blackcurrant syrup in mixed drinks

• Finnish: mustaherukka (fi)

chess and similar games: person playing with the black set of pieces

• Danish: sort (da) c
• Finnish: musta (fi)

part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black

• Danish: sort (da) c
• Finnish: mustuainen (fi)

stain — see also spot

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: zwartje (nl) n (negative connotation), neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f