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.
1912 , Willa Cather , The Bohemian Girl
Over everything was darkness and thick silence , and the smell of dust and sunflowers .
1914 , Louis Joseph Vance , Nobody chapter III :
Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness , but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
( 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 ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
state of being dark
Abkhaz: алашьцара ālāš̍cārā )
Albanian: terr (sq) m errësirë (sq) f mugëtirë (sq) f
Arabic: ظَلَام m ẓalām )
Armenian: խավար (hy) (xavar ), մթություն (hy) (mtʿutʿyun )
Aromanian: ãntunearic ntunearic n scutidi f
Asturian: escuridá f
Azeri: qaranlıq (az)
Belarusian: це́мра f cjémra ), змрок m zmrok )
Bulgarian: мрак (bg) m mrak ), тъмнина (bg) f tǎmnina )
Catalan: foscor (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑暗 (zh) (hēi'àn )
Czech: tma (cs) f temnota f
Danish: mørke (da) (1, 2)
Dutch: duisternis (nl) f donkerheid f
Egyptian: kkw(y)
Esperanto: mallumo
Estonian: pimedus
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
Georgian: სიბნელე sibnele ), წყვდიადი c̣q̇vdiadi ), უკუნეთი uḳuneti )
German: Dunkelheit (de) f Finsternis (de) f
Greek: σκοτάδι (el) n skotádi ), έρεβος (el) n érevos ), ζόφος (el) m zófos )
Ancient: σκότος m , n skótos )
Hebrew: חשיכה f khashekha )
Hindi: अंधेरा (hi) m andherā ), अन्धेरा (hi) m andherā )
Hungarian: sötétség (hu)
Hunsrik: tunkelheet
Icelandic: myrkur (is) n dimma (is) f nifl (is) n ljósleysa f
Ido: tenebro (io)
Istriot: tienabre
Italian: oscurità (it) f
Japanese: 闇 (ja) (やみ, yami ), 暗黒 (ja) (あんこく, ankoku )
Kazakh: қараңғылық qarañğılıq )
Khmer: ភាពងងឹត pʰiep ŋɔŋɨt )
Korean: 암흑 (ko) (amheuk ) (暗黑 (ko) ), 어두움 (어둠) eoduum (eodum) )
Kurdish:
Sorani: تاریکی (ku) (tAreekee )
Latgalian: timss m tymsums m
Latin: tenebrae (la) f pl caligo f obscuritas f nox (la)
Latvian: tumsa f
Lithuanian: tamsa (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Däischtert (lb) f Donkelheet (lb) f
Macedonian: темнина f temnina ), мрак m mrak )
Malagasy: ny maìzina (mg)
Maltese: dlam
Maori: hinapouri taipouri
Marathi: अंधार andhār )
Navajo: chahałheeł
Ngazidja Comorian: hidza class 7
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mørke n
Nynorsk mørker n mørke n
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: тьма f tĭma )
Persian: تیرگی (fa) (tiregi ), تاریکی (fa) (târiki )
Polish: ciemność (pl) f mrok (pl) m
Portuguese: escuridão (pt) f trevas (pt) f pl
Romagnol: bur
Romanian: întuneric (ro) , întunecime (ro) f
Russian: темнота́ (ru) f temnotá ), тьма (ru) f tʹma ), мрак (ru) m mrak ), потёмки (ru) f pl potjómki )
Scottish Gaelic: dubhar m dorchadas m dubh (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тама f
Roman: tama (sh) f tamnoća mračnina mračnost (sh)
Slovak: tma f temnota f
Slovene: tema (sl) f
Spanish: oscuridad (es) f
Sumerian: asbu etutu
Swedish: mörker (sv) n
Tagalog: kadiliman
Tamil: இருள் (ta) (iruḷ )
Telugu: చీకటి (te) (cīkaṭi ), అంధకారము (te) (aṃdhakāramu )
Thai: ความมืด (th) (kwaam mêut )
Tok Pisin: tudak
Turkish: karanlık (tr)
Ukrainian: темря́ва (uk) f temrjáva ), тьма f tʹma ), мо́рок m mórok ), темнота́ f temnotá )
Urdu: اندھیرا m andherā )
Vietnamese: bóng tối
Welsh: tywyllwch (cy)
West Frisian: tsjusternis
Yoruba: okunkun
the product of being dark
state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish
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