English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From dark + -ness
Pronunciation [edit]
darkness (countable and uncountable; plural darknesses)
- (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.
- (uncountable) Evilness, lack of understanding or compassion, reference to death or suffering.
Antonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
state of being dark
- Arabic: ظلام (ar) (Zalaam) m
- Armenian: խավար (hy) (xavar) , մթություն (hy) (mt'ut'yun)
- Aromanian: ãntunearic (rup)
- Bulgarian: мрак (bg) (mrak) m , тъмнина (bg) (tămnina) f
- Catalan: foscor (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 黑暗 (cmn) (hēi'àn)
- Czech: tma (cs) f, temnota (cs) f
- Danish: mørke (da) (1, 2)
- Dutch: duisternis (nl) f, donkerheid (nl) f
- Egyptian: kkw(y)
- Esperanto: mallumo (eo)
- Ewe: viviti
- Finnish: pimeys (fi) (1), synkkyys (fi) (2)
- French: obscurité (fr) f, ténèbres (fr) f pl, (dated) sombreur (fr), noirceur (fr) f
- Galician: escuridade (gl) f, tebras (gl) f pl
- German: Dunkelheit (de) f, Finsternis (de) f
- Greek: σκοτάδι (el) (skotádi) n , έρεβος (el) (érevos) n , ζόφος (el) (zófos) m
- Hebrew: חשיכה (he) (khashekha) f
- Hindi: अंधेरा (hi) (andherā) m, अन्धेरा (hi) (andherā) m
- Hungarian: sötétség (hu)
- Hunsrik: tunkelheet
- Icelandic: myrkur (is) n, dimma (is) f, nifl (is) n, ljósleysa (is) f
- Ido: tenebro (io)
- Italian: oscurità (it) f
- Japanese: 闇 (ja) (やみ, yami), 暗黒 (ja) (あんこく, ankoku)
- Korean: 암흑 (ko) (amheuk) (暗黑 (ko))
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: تاریکی (ku) (tAreekee)
- Latgalian: timss m, tymsums m
- Latin: tenebrae (la) f pl, caligo (la) f
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- Latvian: tumsa (lv) f
- Lithuanian: tamsa (lt) f
- Luxembourgish: Däischtert (lb) f, Donkelheet (lb) f
- Malagasy: ny maìzina (mg)
- Marathi: अंधार (mr) (andhār)
- Navajo: chahałheeł
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: mørke (nb) n
- Nynorsk mørker (nn) n, mørke (nn) n
- Polish: ciemność (pl) f, mrok (pl) m
- Portuguese: escuridão (pt) f, trevas (pt) f pl
- Romagnol: bur
- Romanian: întuneric (ro), întunecime (ro) f
- Russian: темнота (ru) (temnotá) f , тьма (ru) (t'ma) f , мрак (ru) (mrak) m
- Scottish Gaelic: dubhar (gd) m, dorchadas (gd) m, dubh (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: тама (sh) f
- Roman: tama (sh) f, tamnoća (sh), mračnina (sh), mračnost (sh)
- Slovene: tema (sl) f
- Spanish: oscuridad (es) f
- Sumerian: asbu, etutu
- Swedish: mörker (sv) n
- Tagalog: kadiliman (tl)
- Tamil: இருள் (ta) (irul)
- Telugu: చీకటి (te) (cIkaTi), అంధకారము (te) (andhakAramu)
- Tok Pisin: tudak (tpi)
- Turkish: karanlık (tr)
- Urdu: اندھیرا (ur) (andherā) m
- Vietnamese: bóng tối (vi)
- Welsh: tywyllwch (cy)
- West Frisian: tsjusternis (fy)
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the product of being dark
state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
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