Black
The player moving the black piecesThe player moving the black pieces.
» She was wearing a black hat.
Sie trug einen schwarzen Hut. — MUIRIEL
Она была в чёрной шляпе. — paul_lingvo
На ней была чёрная шляпа. — marafon
Вона була в чорному капелюсі. — zinova
На ній був чорний капелюх. — aandrusiak
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1 sensesThe player moving the black pieces.
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- (board games) the darker pieces
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today
Examples
2491 sentencesShe was wearing a black hat.
Вона була в чорному капелюсі. — zinova
ruОна была в чёрной шляпе. — paul_lingvo
deSie trug einen schwarzen Hut. — MUIRIEL
We often associate black with death.
Ми часто асоціюємо чорний колір зі смертю. — deniko
ruМы часто ассоциируем черный цвет со смертью. — astarbref
deWir verbinden die Farbe Schwarz oft mit Tod. — Wolf
Dogs see in black and white.
У собак чорно-білий зір. — deniko
ruСобаки видят всё в чёрно-белом цвете. — krevedko
deHunde sehen alles in schwarz und weiß. — Sudajaengi
I saw a woman in black.
Я побачив жінку в чорному. — deniko
ruЯ видел женщину в чёрном. — sharptoothed
deIch habe eine Frau in Schwarz gesehen. — MUIRIEL
She is always dressed in black.
Вона завжди вдягнена в чорне. — marko
ruОна всегда одета в чёрное. — marafon
Origin
Capitalized to follow the usual capitalization patterns for ethnic groups (compare e.g. HiCapitalized to follow the usual capitalization patterns for ethnic groups (compare e.g. Hispanic, Arab), and also, perhaps, as a way to explicitly distinguish it from the color sense, which is not capitalized outside proper nouns.
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Forms
plural: BlacksSynonyms
9 synonyms- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white):blacknessinkiness
- a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today:African-American
- popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928):Shirley Temple BlackShirley Temple
- British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799):Joseph Black
- total absence of light:total darknesslightlessnessblacknesspitch blackness
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Clothes and colours — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- wearing a black
- black and white
- wearing black
- dressed in black
- was wearing black
- have a black
- black eye
- black hair
- pair of black
- a black eye
- that black eye
- black cat