# black/translations

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

## English
### Adjective
#### Translations

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 (bjn)
Bashkir: ҡара (qara)
Basque: beltz
Bats: ჺარჭი$^ნ$ (ʿarč̣i$^n$)
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) (hak$^1$), 黑色 (haak$^1$ sik$^1$, hak$^1$ sik$^1$)
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
Jeju: 검다 (geomda), 가망ᄒᆞ다 (gamanghawda) (plain, light variant), 까망ᄒᆞ다 (kkamanghawda) (tense, light variant), 거멍ᄒᆞ다 (geomeonghawda) (plain, dark variant), 꺼멍ᄒᆞ다 (kkeomeonghawda) (tense, dark variant)
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: t̕so'la̱m (all black) , t̕suła̱ga (black on the inside, e.g. a canoe) , 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), 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
Mwani: cerufi
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: сэ̄мыл (sè̄myl)
Northern Sami: čáhppes
Norwegian:
Bokmål: 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:
Cyrillic: чрьнъ (črĭnŭ)
Old East Slavic: чьрнъ (čĭrnŭ)
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
Pannonian Rusyn: чарни (čarni)
Pashto: تور (ps)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: سِیاه (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)
Silesian: czŏrny
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 (kālā), سِیاہ (siyāh)
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)
Yoruba: dúdú
Zazaki: siya (diq) c
Zealandic: zwart
Zhuang: ndaem, fonx
Zulu: -mnyama :
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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
Malay: hitam (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svart (no)
Ottoman Turkish: قرامان (karaman)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: سِیاه‌پوسْت (siyâh-pust), زَنْگی (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)
Samoan: ʻuli
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
Tongan: ʻuliʻuli
Turkish: siyahi (tr)
Ukrainian: чо́рний (uk) (čórnyj), чорношкі́рий (čornoškíryj), негритя́нський (nehrytjánsʹkyj), му́ринський (múrynsʹkyj)
Vietnamese: (da) đen (vi)
White Hmong: neeg dub
Zazaki: siyak c :
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### Noun
#### Translations

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 (hak$^1$ sik$^1$)
Eastern Min: 烏色 / 乌色 (ŭ-sáik)
Hakka: 烏色 / 乌色 (vû-set)
Hokkien: 烏色 / 乌色 (o͘-sek)
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)
Hanunoo: agiwan, mabiro
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), 黒色 (ja) (こくしょく, kokushoku)
Jarai: jŭ
Javanese: ireng (jv), cemeng (jv)
Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪು (kn) (kappu)
Kapampangan: matuling
Kazakh: қара (kk) (qara)
Khiamniungan Naga: nyòh, nyòh, ānyōh
Khmer: ខ្មៅ (km) (khmaw)
Korean: 검정 (ko) (geomjeong), 검은색 (ko) (geomeunsaek), 흑색(黑色) (ko) (heuksaek)
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:
Cyrillic: хар (mn) (xar)
Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ (qar-a)
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:
Iranian Persian: سِیاه (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)
Tatar: кара (tt) (qara)
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 (kālā), سِیاہ (siyāh)
Uyghur: قارا (ug) (qara)
Uzbek: qora (uz)
Vietnamese: đen (vi)
Volapük: bläg (vo)
Welsh: du (cy)
White Hmong: dub
Winnebago: seep
Yao: dudú
Yoruba: dúdú
Yup'ik: tunguuq (stative verb)
Zazaki: siya (diq) c
Zulu: -mnyama :
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