B2adjective · common

pitch

pitch · pitcher · pitchest

Very dark black; pitch-blackVery dark black; pitch-black.

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/pɪt͡ʃ/

» It's pitch black outside.

На улице тьма кромешная.

Снаружи не видно ни зги.

На вулиці темно як у льоху.

Meaning

2 senses

Very dark black; pitch-black.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pitch.
Intense, deep, dark.

Examples

335 sentences

It's pitch black outside.
На вулиці темно як у льоху. — deniko
ruНа улице тьма кромешная. — sharptoothed
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I have perfect pitch.
У мене абсолютний слух. — deniko
ruУ меня абсолютный слух. — fjay69
deIch habe das absolute Gehör. — raggione
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Tom has a low-pitched voice.
У Тома низький голос. — deniko
ruУ Тома низкий голос. — andy
deTom hat eine tiefe Stimme. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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We pitched our tents before it got dark.
Ми поставили намети до того, як стемніло. — riveranino
ruМы разбили палатки, до того как стемнело. — odexed
deWir bauten unsere Zelte auf bevor es dunkel wurde. — Esperantostern
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It's pitch black.
Темно, хоч око виколи. — deniko
deEs ist zappenduster. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Origin

From Middle English picche, piche, pich, from Old English piċ, from Proto-West Germanic *p

From Middle English picche, piche, pich, from Old English piċ, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix. Cognate with Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, “pitch, tar”), Latin pīnus (“pine”). More at pine. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pik (“pitch, tar”), Dutch pek (“pitch, tar”), German Low German Pick (“pitch, tar”), German Pech (“pitch, tar”), Catalan pega (“pitch”), Spanish pegar (“to stick, glue”), Franco-Provençal pouatche (“sap from a pine”) and French poix (“sap”). The adjective is probably back-formed from pitch-black, reinterpreting "pitch" as meaning "intense(ly)".

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Forms

pitcher, pitchest

Comparative	pitcher Lesson
Superlative	pitchest Lesson

regular

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

B2Intonation — Because the lesson uses it
A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form

Collocations

12 patterns

pitch the tent
pitch our tent
place to pitch
pitch my tent
pitch your tent
to pitch our
pitch black
to pitch the
want to pitch
pitch his tent
was pitch black
perfect pitch