English[]
Etymology[]
From dark + -ness
Pronunciation[]
Noun[]
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Singular
Darkness
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Plural
es
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Darkness (es)
- (uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light.
- The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.
- (uncountable) Gloom.
- (countable) The product of being dark.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
- The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.
Antonyms[]
Translations[]
state of being dark
- Armenian: խավար hy(hy) (xavar), մթություն hy(hy) (mt'ut'yun)
- Bosnian: tama bs(bs) f.
- Bulgarian: мрак bg(bg) m., тъмнина bg(bg) f.
- Chinese: 黑暗 (hēi àn)
- Croatian: táma hr(hr) f.
- Czech: tma cs(cs) f., temnota cs(cs) f.
- Danish: mørke (1,2)
- Dutch: duisternis nl(nl) f.
- Egyptian: kkw(y)
- Esperanto: mallumo eo(eo)
- Ewe: viviti
- Finnish: pimeys (1), synkkyys (2)
- French: obscurité fr(fr) f., ténèbre fr(fr) f.
- Galician: escuridade gl(gl) f., tebras gl(gl) f. pl.
- German: Dunkelheit de(de) f., Finsternis de(de) f.
- Greek: σκοτάδι (skotádi) n., έρεβος (erevos) n., (2) ζόφος (zofos) m.
- Hebrew: חשיכה (khashekha) f. (1)
- Hindi: अंधेरा (andherä)
- Hungarian: sötétség
- Icelandic: myrkur is(is) n.
- Ido: tenebro io(io)
- Italian: oscurità it(it) f.
- Japanese: 闇 ja(ja) (やみ, yami), 暗黒 (あんこく, ankoku)
- Korean: 암흑 ko(ko)
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- Kurdish:
- Sorani: تاریکی ku(ku) (tAreekee)
- Latvian: tumsa f.
- Lithuanian: tamsa lt(lt) f.
- Marathi: अंधार (andhār)
- Norwegian: mørke no(no) n.
- Norwegian Bokmål: [[dunkelhet#Template:Nb|dunkelhet]] c.
- Polish: ciemność pl(pl) f., mrok pl(pl) m.
- Portuguese: escuridão pt(pt) f., trevas pt(pt) f. pl.
- Russian: темнота f. (temnotá)
- Scottish Gaelic: dubhar m., dorchadas m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: тама f.
- Latin: tama f., tamnoća, mračnina, mračnost, tenebrae la(la) f. pl.
- Slovene: tema sl(sl) f.
- Spanish: oscuridad es(es) f.
- Sumerian: asbu, etutu
- Swedish: mörker sv(sv) f.
- Tagalog: kadiliman
- Tamil: இருள் ta(ta)(irul)
- Telugu: చీకటి te(te)(cIkaTi),రాత్రి te(te)(raatri)
- Turkish: karanlık tr(tr)
- Welsh: tywyllwch
- West Frisian: tsjusternis fy(fy)
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state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
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- Portuguese: escuro pt(pt)
- Scottish Gaelic: dubhar gd(gd) m., dorchadas gd(gd) m.
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cs:darkness
et:darkness
el:darkness
es:darkness
fr:darkness
ko:darkness
io:darkness
it:darkness
kn:darkness
kk:darkness
ku:darkness
hu:darkness
ml:darkness
ja:darkness
pl:darkness
simple:darkness
sr:darkness
fi:darkness
ta:darkness
te:darkness
th:darkness
tr:darkness
uk:darkness
vi:darkness
zh:darkness