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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From dark + -ness
[edit] Pronunciation
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.
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Translations
state of being dark
- Armenian: խավար hy(hy) (xavar), մթություն hy(hy) (mt'ut'yun)
- Bosnian: tama bs(bs) 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.
- 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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state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
