black

[blæk] 1. adjective

1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) sort

2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) sort

3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) sort

4) (without milk: black coffee.) sort

5) (evil: black magic.) sort

6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) neger; sort

7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) farvet

2. noun

1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) sort

2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) sort

3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) neger

3. verb

(to make black.) farve sort; mørklægge

- blackness

- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb

(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) sortliste; føre en på den sorte liste

- blackmail

5. noun

(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) afpresning

- blackmailer

- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white

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[blæk] 1. adjective

1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) sort

2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) sort

3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) sort

4) (without milk: black coffee.) sort

5) (evil: black magic.) sort

6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) neger; sort

7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) farvet

2. noun

1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) sort

2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) sort

3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) neger

3. verb

(to make black.) farve sort; mørklægge

- blackness

- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb

(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) sortliste; føre en på den sorte liste

- blackmail

5. noun

(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) afpresning

- blackmailer

- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white