pitch-black
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pitch-black
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective more pitch-black · most pitch-black · pitchblack · pitch black
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Very dark; without light.
Similar: black as coal, black as tar, black as night, tar-black
Translations
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adj of the blackest black
| Español | negro como la pez, muy oscuro, oscurísimo, más negro que los cojones de un burro, más negro que un tizón |
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| 日本語 | 漆黒の shikkoku no |
| 中文 | 黑沉沉 hēichēnchēn, 漆黑 qīhēi, 墨黑 mòhēi, 烏黑 /乌黑 wūhēi, 黑漆漆 hēiqīqī |
| Kiswahili | eusi ti ti ti |
| Português | preto como carvão |
| Français | noir complet, noir total, noir comme poix, nuit noire |
| Deutsch | pechschwarz, stockdunkel, stockfinster, jettschwarz |
| Italiano | cupo, nero come la pece, buio pesto |
| Ελληνικά | κατάμαυρος katámavros |
| Română | negru complet, negru ca tăciunele |
| Русский | смоляно́й smoljanój, у́гольно-чёрный úgolʹno-čórnyj, чёрный как смоль čórnyj kak smolʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tối om, tối thui, tối đen |
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