From Fresh Dictionary
English
Etymology
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From Old English dark, derk, deork, Anglo-Saxon dearc, deorc; compare with Gaelic & Irish dorch, dorcha; dark, black, dusky.
Pronunciation
Adjective
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- hidden, secret
- 1605: Meantime we shall express our darker pupose. â William Shakespeare, King Lear I.i
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign
- (of colour) not bright or light, deeper in hue
Synonyms
Translations
- Albanian: errët, murgash
- Breton: teñval (1)
- Bulgarian: ÑÑмен (1, 2)
- Catalan: fosc
- Chinese Characters: æ, é; é», é»
- Chinese: é»æ
- Croatian: taman
- Czech: tmavý (1), temný (2)
- Danish: mørk
- Dutch: donker (1), duister (1,2)
- Finnish: pimeä (1, 2), tumma (3)
- French: sombre, obscure (1); noir (2)
- Hungarian: sötét
- Ido: tenebroza
- Italian: buio, scuro (1), oscuro (1,2,3), fosco (1,2,3), tenebroso, tetro (1,2)
- Japanese: æã (kurai)
- Korean: ì´ëì´, ìºìºí
- Frisian: tsjuster, donker
- German: dunkel (1,2), düster (2)
- Latvian: tumšs m., tumša f.
- Lithuanian: tamsus
- Polish: ciemny m (1), mroczny m (2)
- Romanian: intunecat, sumbru, obscur, murg (1)
- Russian: ÑÑмнÑй, мÑаÑнÑй
- Slovak: tmavý
- Slovene: temen m, temna f, temno n (1,2,3)
- Spanish: oscuro
- Swedish: mörk
- Telugu: à°
à°à°§à°à°¾à°°à° (aMdhakaaraM)
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Noun
dark
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- Ignorance (to be kept in the dark)
- Nightfall (after dark)
Translations
- Albanian: terr m
- Breton: teñvalijenn f, teñvalded f (1), teñvalijenn (2)
- Bulgarian: мÑак m (1), ÑÑмнина f (1), невидение n (2), незнание n (2), ÑвеÑеÑÑване n (3)
- Catalan: fosca f
- Chinese: é»æ (heian) (1, 2), é»æ (huanghun) (3)
- Croatian: tama
- Dutch: donker n (1), ongewisse (2), onwetendheid f (2), het vallen van de avond (3)
- Finnish: pimeys (1, 3), tietämättömyys (2)
- French: noir m, obscurité f, tombée de la nuit (3)
- German: Dunkelheit f (1), Dunkel n (1,2), Dunkelwerden (3)
- Greek: ÏοÏÏοÏ
Ïο (3)
- Hungarian: sötétség
- Ido: tenebro
- Italian: buio m, oscurità f (1, 2), tenebra (1,3) f, tramonto m (3)
- Japanese: æé», æé, é (ãã¿)
- Korean: ì´ë , ìí, ìºìºí¨
- Latin: obscuritas (1,2), annoctatio (3)
- Latvian: tumsa f.
- Polish: ciemnoÅÄ f (1), mroki pl n (2), zmrok m (3)
- Romanian: intuneric n, obscuritate f
- Russian: ÑÑма, ÑемноÑа, мÑак
- Slovene: tema f
- Spanish: oscuridad f (1,2), anochecer m (3)
- Swedish: mörker
- Telugu: à°à±à°à°à°¿ (cIkaTi), నిశి (niSi), నిశà±à°§à°¿ (niSIdhi), రాతà±à°°à°¿ (raatri)
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Related words
Phrases
ko:dark
io:dark
it:dark
ku:dark
hu:dark
pl:dark
fi:dark
ta:dark
uk:dark
zh:dark