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This page contains translations for black. See the main entry for more information.

English

Adjective

Translations

absorbing all light

Abkhaz: аиқәаҵәа (ajkʷacʷʼa)
Acehnese: itam
Adnyamathanha: waurrunha
Afrikaans: swart (af)
Aklanon: maitum
Albanian: zi (sq)
Amharic: ጥቁር (ṭəḳur)
Andi: бечӏедир (bečʼedir)
Angloromani: kalo
Apache:
Western Apache: diłhił
Arabic: أَسْوَد (ar) m (ʔaswad), سَوْدَاء f (sawdāʔ), سُود pl (sūd)
Egyptian Arabic: اسود (eswid)

Hijazi Arabic: أسود (ʔaswad)

Moroccan Arabic: كحل (kḥal), سود (swad)
Aragonese: negro
Armenian: սև (hy) (sew)
Aromanian: negru, laiu (roa-rup)
Asháninka: cheenkari, kisaari
Assamese: ক‌’লা (ko‌öla), কুলা (kula) (Central)
Asturian: ñegru (ast), negru (ast), prietu (ast)
Atikamekw: makatewaw
Atong (India): pinak
Avar: чӏегӏера (čʼeʻera), чӏегӏераб (čʼeʻerab)
Aymara: ch’iyara
Azerbaijani: qara (az)
Balinese: badeng
Banjarese: hirang
Bashkir: ҡара (qara)
Basque: beltz
Bats: ჺარჭი^ნ (ʿarč̣iⁿ)
Belarusian: чо́рны (be) (čórny)
Bengali: কালো (bn) (kalō), কাল (bn) (kal)
Bhojpuri: करिया (kariyā)
Big Nambas: im'ət
Breton: du (br)
Buginese: ma-lotoŋ
Bulgarian: че́рен (bg) (čéren)
Burmese: နက် (my) (nak), မည်း (my) (many:)
Buryat: хара (xara)
Catalan: negre (ca)
Cebuano: itom
Chamicuro: kosewa
Chechen: ӏаьржа (ˀärža)
Cherokee: ᎬᎿᎨ (gvhnage)
Chickasaw: losa'
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黑 (yue) (hak¹), 黑色 (haak¹ sik¹, hak¹ sik¹)

Dungan: хи (hi)

Eastern Min: 烏／乌 (ŭ)

Hokkien: 黑 (hek), 黑色 (hek-sek), 烏色／乌色 (zh-min-nan) (o͘-siak / o͘-sek)

Mandarin: 黑 (zh) (hēi), 黑色 (zh) (hēisè), 烏色／乌色 (zh) (wūsè) (regional)

Wu: 黑
Chuukese: chon
Chuvash: хура (hura)
Coptic: (Bohairic) ⲭⲁⲙⲉ (khame)
Cornish: du
Corsican: neru (co)
Crimean Tatar: qara
Czech: černý (cs)
Dalmatian: fosc
Danish: sort (da)
Dogrib: dezǫ
Dolgan: кара
Dutch: zwart (nl)
Dzongkha: གནགཔོ (gngpo)
Eastern Arrernte: artepe
Egyptian:

(km)
Elfdalian: swart
Erzya: раужо (raužo)
Esperanto: nigra (eo)
Estonian: must (et)
Etruscan: 𐌑𐌖𐌓𐌉 (śuri)
Even: хакарин (hakarin)
Evenki: конңорин
Ewe: yibɔ
Extremaduran: negru
Faroese: svartur (fo)
Fijian: loaloa (fj)
Finnish: musta (fi)
French: noir (fr)
Friulian: neri
Galician: negro (gl), preto (gl) m
Georgian: შავი (ka) (šavi)
German: schwarz (de)
Godoberi: бечӏер
Gondi: నల్లా (nallā)
Gorontalo: yitomo (gor)
Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍄𐍃 (swarts)
Greek: μαύρος (el) m (mávros)
Ancient: ἀμαυρός (amaurós), κελαινός (kelainós), μέλας (mélas), μαυρός (maurós)
Greenlandic: qernertoq (kl)
Gujarati: કાળું (gu) (kāḷũ)
Haitian Creole: nwa
Halkomelem: ts'q'éyx̱
Vancouver Island: tsq'ix
Hawaiian: ʻeleʻele
Hebrew: שחור \ שָׁחֹר (he) (shakhór), שחורה \ שְׁחֹרָה f (sh'khorá)
Higaonon: maitum
Hiligaynon: maitum
Hindi: काला (hi) (kālā), कारौ (hi) (kārau) (Braj)
Hopi: qömvi
Hungarian: fekete (hu)
Ibanag: ngisit
Icelandic: svartur (is)
Ido: nigra (io)
Igbo: nwa
Ilocano: nangisit
Indonesian: hitam (id)
Ingush: ӏаьржа (ˀärža)
Interlingua: nigre (ia)
Iranun: maitem
Irish: dubh (ga)
Isnag: ngisit
Istriot: nìgaro, nìgro
Istro-Romanian: negru
Italian: nero (it)
Iu Mien: jieqv
Japanese: 黒い (ja) (くろい, kuroi), 黒色の (こくしょくの, kokushoku no)
Javanese: ireng (jv), ireŋ, cemeŋ, hirěng
Jingpho: chyang
Kalmyk: хар (xar)
Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪು (kn) (kappu)
Kapampangan: matuling
Karachay-Balkar: къара (qara)
Kashubian: czôrny
Kaurna: pulyuna
Kazakh: қара (kk) (qara)
Khakas: хара (xara)
Khinalug: мичӏаь (mič̣ä)
Khmer: ខ្មៅ (km) (kmav)
Khoekhoe: ǂnū
Kikuyu: -irũ
Komi-Permyak: сьӧд (śöd)
Kongo: ndombe
Korean: 검다 (ko) (geomda) (predicative), 검은 (ko) (geomeun) (attributive), 까맣다 (ko) (kkamata) (predicative), 까만 (kkaman) (attributive)
Kumyk: къара (qara)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕەش (ckb) (reş)

Northern Kurdish: reş (ku)
Kwak'wala: ^{(please verify)} t̕so'la̱m (all black) , ^{(please verify)} t̕suła̱ga (black on the inside, e.g. a canoe) , ^{(please verify)} t̕suła̱x̱tłe (black on top, e.g. someone's head)
Kyrgyz: кара (ky) (kara), күңүрт кара (küŋürt kara), караңгы (ky) (karaŋgı), каралоо (ky) (karaloo), ушактоо (ky) (uşaktoo), жамандоо (ky) (jamandoo), жаманатты кылуу (ky) (jamanattı kıluu), жала жабуу (ky) (jala jabuu), көө (ky) (köö), ^{(please verify)} негр (ky) (negr)
Ladakhi: ནག་པོ (nag po)
Ladin: fosch m
Ladino: preto
Lakota: sápa
Lao: ດຳ (dam)
Latgalian: malns
Latin: (flat/dull) ater (la), (shining) niger (la)
Latvian: melns (lv)
Lezgi: чӏулав (č̣ulav)
Lhao Vo: no, (nòʔ)
Ligurian: néigro
Limburgish: zwart (li)
Lingala: moíndo
Lithuanian: júodas
Lombard: négher, negro
Low German:
German Low German: swart (nds)
Lü: ᦡᧄ (ḋam)
Macedonian: црн (crn)
Madurese: celleng
Makasar: le'leng
Malagasy: mainty (mg)
Malay: hitam (ms), aswad (ms), lotong (ms), lutung, lutong
Jawi: هيتم (ms), اسود, لوتوڠ
Malayalam: കറുപ്പ് (ml) (kaṟuppŭ)
Maltese: iswed (mt) m, sewda f, suwed pl
Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan), ᡴᠠᡵᠠ (kara)
Mansaka: maitum
Manx: doo
Maori: mangu (mi)
Maranao: maitem, delem
Marathi: काळा (mr) m (kāḷā), काळी f (kāḷī), काळे n (kāḷe)
Maricopa: nilyig
Mauritian Creole: nwar
Megleno-Romanian: negru
Minangkabau: itam (min)
Mizo: dum
Mòcheno: schbòrz
Moksha: равжа (ravža)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хар (mn) (xar)

Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ (qar-a)
Mopan Maya: bʼox
Nafaanra: wɔɔ
Nahuatl:
Central: tliltic

Classical: tliltic, capotztic
Nanai: сахарин (saharin)
Nauruan: etangang (na), etañañ (older orthography), etaŋaŋ (older orthography)
Navajo: łizhin
Naxi: naq
Neapolitan: niro
Nepali: कालो (ne) (kālo)
Ngarrindjeri: kro:tin
Ngazidja Comorian: -ɗu
Nias: a-itö
Nogai: кара (kara)
Nootka: tupkuk
Norman: nièr m, né m, néthe f, naithe f
North Frisian:
Föhr: suart

Hallig: süürt

Mooring, Wiedingharde: suurt
Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} сэ̄мыл (sè̄myl)
Northern Sami: čáhppes
Norwegian: svart (no), sort (no)
Nottoway-Meherrin: gahuntee
O'odham: chuk
Occitan: negre (oc)
Odia: କଲା (or) (kalā)
Ojibwe: makade-, (inanimate verb, "it is black") makadewaa, (animate verb, "he/she/it is black") makadewizi
Old Church Slavonic: чрьнъ (črĭnŭ)
Old English: blæc, sweart
Old Frisian: swart, swert
Old High German: swarz
Old Norse: svartr, blakkr
Old Saxon: swart
Old Tupi: un
Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (kara)
Old Uyghur: 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽾𐽰 (kara)
Oromo: gurraacha (om)
Ossetian: сау (saw)
Pangasinan: deket
Pashto: تور (ps)
Persian: سیاه (fa) (siyâh)
Piedmontese: neir
Pitjantjatjara: maṟu
Polish: czarny (pl)
Portuguese: preto (pt), atro (pt), negro (pt)
Punjabi: ਕਾਲਾ (pa) (kālā)
Quechua: yana
Quileute: shĺpa
Rapa Nui: kere kere, uri uri
Rohingya: hala
Romagnol: négar
Romani: kalo
Balkan Romani: kalo

Baltic Romani: kalo

Carpathian Romani: kalo

Sinte Romani: kalo

Vlax Romani: kalo
Romanian: negru (ro)
Romansch: nair
Russian: чёрный (ru) (čórnyj), вороно́й (ru) (voronój) (of horse colours, sometimes of cars)
Saanich: NEKIX
Sanskrit: कृष्ण (sa) (kṛṣṇa), काला (sa) (kālā)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: nieddu m

Logudorese: niéddhu m

Nuorese: nigheddu m
Sasak: bidəŋ
Scottish Gaelic: dubh (gd)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: цр̑н

Roman: cȓn (sh)
Sherpa: ནག་པུ (nag pu)
Shona: dema
Shor: қара (qara)
Sicilian: nìuru (scn)
Sindhi: ڪارو (sd)
Sinhalese: කළු (si) (kaḷu)
Slovak: čierny
Slovene: črn (sl)
Slovincian: czorny
Somali: madow (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: carny

Upper Sorbian: čorny (hsb)
Southern Altai: кара (kara)
Spanish: negro (es)
Sundanese: hideung
Svan: მეშხე (mešxe)
Swahili: eusi
Swazi: mnyáma
Swedish: svart (sv)
Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠟꠣ (xala)
Tabasaran: кӏару (ḳaru)
Tachawit: aberkan (shy)
Tagalog: itim (tl)
Tahitian: ʻereʻere
Tajik: сиёҳ (tg) (siyoh)
Talysh: siyo
Tamil: கருப்பு (ta) (karuppu)
Tarantino: gnure
Tarifit: aberkan m
Tat: siyə
Tatar: кара (tt) (qara)
Tausug: maitum
Telugu: నల్ల (te) (nalla), నల్లని (te) (nallani)
Thai: ดำ (th) (dam)
Tibetan: ནག་པོ (nag po), ནག་ཅན (nag can), རོག་རོག (rog rog)
Tocharian B: erkent
Tongan: ʻuliʻuli
Turkish: kara (tr), siyah (tr)
Turkmen: gara
Udmurt: сьӧд (śöd)
Ukrainian: чо́рний (uk) (čórnyj)
Urdu: کالا m (kālā), سیاہ (syāh)
Uyghur: قارا (ug) (qara)
Uzbek: qora (uz), siyoh (uz)
Vietnamese: đen (vi), đen thui (vi)
Volapük: blägik (vo)
Walloon: noer (wa)
Welsh: du (cy)
West Frisian: swart (fy)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: me'item
White Hmong: dub
Winnebago: seep
Wolof: kawe-yolet
Yagnobi: шов (šov)
Yakut: хара (qara)
Yiddish: שוואַרץ (shvarts)
Zazaki: siya (diq) c
Zealandic: zwart
Zhuang: ndaem, fonx
Zulu: -mnyama

without light

Bulgarian: тъмен (bg) (tǎmen)
Catalan: fosc (ca)
Danish: mørk (da)
Dutch: donker (nl)
Esperanto: malhela (eo)
Estonian: pime (et)
Finnish: pimeä (fi)
Georgian: ბნელი (bneli), მუქი (muki), ბუნდოვანი (bundovani)
Greek: σκοτεινός (el) m (skoteinós), ερεβώδης (el) m (erevódis)
Hungarian: sötét (hu)
Indonesian: kelam (id), legam (id), gelap (id)
Italian: nero (it)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: تاریک (ckb) (tarîk)
Macedonian: црн (crn), темен (temen)
Malay: gelap (ms)
Mizo: thim
Norwegian: mørk (no)
Old Tupi: putun, un
Portuguese: escuro (pt)
Romanian: negru (ro)
Russian: чёрный (ru) (čórnyj)
Slovak: tmavý
Spanish: oscuro (es)
Swahili: eusi
Swedish: mörk (sv), svart (sv)
Telugu: చీకటి (te) (cīkaṭi)
Turkish: karanlık (tr)
Vietnamese: tối (vi), tối tăm (vi)
White Hmong: dub
Zazaki: tarı c

relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned

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Arabic: زِنْجِيّ m (zinjiyy), زَنْجِيّ m (zanjiyy), أَسْوَد (ar) m (ʔaswad), حَامِيّ m (ḥāmiyy)
Armenian: սևամորթ (hy) (sewamortʻ), նեգրական (hy) (negrakan)
Azerbaijani: zənci (az)
Belarusian: чо́рны (be) (čórny), чарнаску́ры (čarnaskúry), негрыця́нскі (njehrycjánski)
Bulgarian: че́рен (bg) (čéren), черноко́ж (černokóž)
Catalan: negre (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑人 (zh) (hēirén)
Czech: černošský
Danish: sort (da), mørkhudet
Dutch: zwart (nl)
Esperanto: nigrula
Estonian: mustanahaline
Ewe: ameyibɔ
Finnish: musta (fi), mustaihoinen (fi)
French: noir (fr)
Galician: negro (gl)
German: schwarz (de), schwarzhäutig
Greek: μαύρος (el) (mávros)
Hungarian: fekete (hu)
Icelandic: svartur (is)
Irish: gorm (ga)
Italian: nero (it)
Japanese: 黒人の (ja) (こくじんの, kokujin no)
Ladino: preto
Latin: niger (la), ater (la)
Macedonian: црн (crn), црнокож (crnokož)
Malagasy: ngilongilo
Norwegian: svart (no)
Ottoman Turkish: قرامان (karaman)
Persian: سیاه‌پوست (siyâh-pôst), زنگی (fa) (zangi)
Polish: czarny (pl), czarnoskóry (pl), murzyński (pl)
Portuguese: negro (pt), afrodescendente (pt) (less common), preto (pt) (pejorative)
Romanian: negru (ro)
Russian: чёрный (ru) (čórnyj), черноко́жий (ru) (černokóžij), темноко́жий (ru) (temnokóžij), негритя́нский (ru) (negritjánskij)
Scottish Gaelic: dubh (gd), gorm
Slovak: černošský
Spanish: negro (es), moreno (es) m, morocho (es) m
Swahili: eusi, mweusi
Swedish: svart (sv)
Tarifit: aberkan m
Turkish: siyahi (tr)
Ukrainian: чо́рний (uk) (čórnyj), чорношкі́рий (čornoškíryj), негритя́нський (nehrytjánsʹkyj), му́ринський (múrynsʹkyj)
Vietnamese: (da) đen (vi)
White Hmong: neeg dub
Zazaki: siyak c

historical: designated for use by those with dark skin

Danish: neger (da) (offensive)
Esperanto: negro (eo)
Finnish: mustien

playing cards: of the spades or clubs

Finnish: musta (fi)
Zazaki: siya (diq) f

bad; evil

Arabic: أَسْوَد (ar) (ʔaswad)
Finnish: musta (fi), synkkä (fi)
Galician: negro (gl)
Greek: μαύρος (el) m (mávros), κακός (el) m (kakós)
Hungarian: fekete (hu)
Ladino: negro
Macedonian: црн (crn)
Malay: gelap (ms)
Norwegian: svart (no)
Portuguese: negro (pt), atro (pt), sombrio (pt) (dark)
Russian: чёрный (ru) (čórnyj)
Slovak: temný, čierny
Turkish: kara (tr)
Zazaki: tarı m, tari (diq) f

expressing menace, or discontent

Finnish: synkeä (fi)
Hungarian: sötét (hu)
Ladino: negro
Slovak: temný

illegitimate, illegal or disgraced

Bulgarian: черен (bg) (čeren)
Danish: sort (da)
Finnish: pimeä (fi), musta (fi)
French: noir (fr)
Georgian: ბნელი (bneli)
German: schwarz (de)
Greek: μαύρος (el) m (mávros)
Hungarian: fekete (hu)
Macedonian: црн (crn)
Norwegian: svart (no)
Portuguese: negro (pt), sombrio (pt) (dark)
Romanian: negru (ro)
Slovak: čierny
Swahili: eusi

overcrowded

Danish: sort (da) (slang)
Finnish: mustanaan (fi) (adverb)
French: noir de monde (fr)
Swahili: jaa (sw)

of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener

Danish: sort (da)
Dutch: zwart (nl)
Finnish: musta (fi)
French: noir (fr)
Galician: só (gl) m
German: schwarz (de)
Greek: σκέτος (el) (skétos)
Hungarian: fekete (hu)
Macedonian: црн (crn)
Mizo: sen
Norwegian: svart (no)
Portuguese: preto (pt)
Romanian: negru (ro)
Russian: чёрный (ru) (čórnyj)
Spanish: negro (es)
Swedish: svart (sv)
Turkish: katran (tr)

chess, checkers etc.: color opposing "white"

Danish: sort (da)
Esperanto: nigra (eo)
Finnish: musta (fi)
French: noir (fr)
Galician: negro (gl) m
Georgian: შავი (ka) (šavi)
German: schwarz (de)
Hungarian: sötét (hu)
Macedonian: црн (crn)
Malagasy: ngetroka (mg), mainty (mg)
Romanian: negru (ro)
Slovak: čierny

typography: solid, filled with color

Finnish: musta (fi)
Zazaki: tarıyın m

politics: related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany

Finnish: musta (fi)

relating to an initiative whose existence or exact nature must remain withheld

Danish: formørket, dunkel (da)
Finnish: salainen (fi), pimeä (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

German Low German: ^{(please verify)} black (nds) (archaic)
Guerrero Amuzgo: ^{(please verify)} kíntoⁿ
Manchu: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (sahaliyan)
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} crni (sh) m
Tunica: ^{(please verify)} me'li

Noun

Translations

colour/color

Afrikaans: swart (af)
Akan: tuntum
Akkadian: 𒈪 (/⁠salmu⁠/)
Albanian: i zi (sq), e zezë (sq)
Arabic: أَسْوَد (ar) m (ʔaswad)
Hijazi Arabic: أسود m (ʔaswad)
Armenian: սև (hy) (sew)
Assamese: ক’লা (köla)
Asturian: ñegru (ast) m, negru (ast)
Basque: beltz
Breton: du (br)
Bulgarian: черно (bg) (černo)
Burmese: အနက် (my) (a.nak), အမည်း (my) (a.many:)
Catalan: negre (ca) m
Cebuano: itom
Chechen: ӏаьржа (ˀärža)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黑色 (hak¹ sik¹)

Mandarin: 黑色 (zh) (hēisè)
Classical Syriac: ܐܘܟܡܐ (uk'omo)
Czech: čerň (cs) f
Danish: sort (da)
Dutch: zwart (nl)
Egyptian:

(km)
Esperanto: nigro
Estonian: must (et)
Ewe: yibɔ n
Farefare: sabga
Faroese: svartur (fo)
Finnish: musta (fi)
French: noir (fr)
Galician: negro (gl) m, mouro (gl) m, preto (gl) m
German: Schwarz (de) n
Greek: μαύρο (el) n (mávro), μέλας (el) (mélas)
Hausa: bak̑ī
Hawaiian: ʻeleʻele
Hebrew: שחור (he) m (shakhor)
Hiligaynon: itum
Hindi: काला (hi) m (kālā)
Hungarian: fekete (hu)
Icelandic: svartur (is)
Ido: nigro (io)
Indonesian: hitam (id)
Interlingua: nigro
Irish: dubh (ga) m
Italian: nero (it) m
Japanese: 黒 (ja) (くろ, kuro)
Jarai: jŭ
Javanese: ireng (jv), cemeng (jv)
Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪು (kn) (kappu)
Kapampangan: matuling
Kazakh: қара (kk) (qara)
Khiamniungan Naga: nyòh, nyòh, ānyōh
Khmer: ខ្មៅ (km) (khmaw)
Korean: 검정 (ko) (geomjeong), 검은색 (ko) (geomeunsaek)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: reş (ku)
Lao: ດຳ (dam)
Latgalian: malns m, malna f
Latin: (shining) niger (la), (flat/dull) āter (la) m
Latvian: melns (lv), melna f
Ligurian: néigro m
Lithuanian: juoduma f, juodas m
Lombard: négher m, negro m
Macedonian: црна f (crna)
Malagasy: mainty (mg)
Malay: hitam (ms), aswad (ms), lotong (ms), lutung, lutong
Jawi: هيتم (ms), اسود, لوتوڠ
Malayalam: കറുപ്പ് (ml) (kaṟuppŭ)
Maltese: iswed (mt)
Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan)
Manx: doo
Maori: pango (mi)
Maricopa: nilyig
Mongolian: хар (mn) (xar)
Montagnais: kakashteuat
Nahuatl:
Classical: tliltic
Navajo: łizhiní
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svart (no), sort (no)
Occitan: negre (oc)
Old Tupi: una
Pangasinan: deket
Pashto: تور (ps) (tor)
Persian: سیاه (fa) (siyâh)
Polish: czerń (pl) f
Portuguese: preto (pt) m, negro (pt) m
Romanian: negru (ro) n
Russian: чёрный (ru) (čórnyj)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: nieddu m

Logudorese: niéddhu m

Nuorese: nigheddu m
Saterland Frisian: swot
Scots: bleck
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: црна f

Roman: crna (sh) f
Sinhalese: කළු (si) (kaḷu)
Slovak: čierna
Slovene: črn (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: carne n
Spanish: negro (es) m
Sumerian: 𒈪 (giggi)
Sundanese: hideung
Swedish: svart (sv)
Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠟꠣ (xala)
Tagalog: itim (tl)
Tajik: сиёҳ (tg) (siyoh)
Tamil: கருப்பு (ta) (karuppu)
Telugu: నలుపు (te) (nalupu)
Tetum: metan
Thai: สีดำ (th) (sǐi-dam)
Turkish: siyah (tr), kara (tr)
Turkmen: gara
Ukrainian: чо́рний (uk) m (čórnyj)
Urdu: کالا m (kālā), سیاہ (syāh)
Uyghur: قارا (ug) (qara)
Vietnamese: đen (vi)
Volapük: bläg (vo)
Welsh: du (cy)
White Hmong: dub
Winnebago: seep
Yao: dudú
Yoruba: àwo dúdú
Yup'ik: tunguuq (stative verb)
Zazaki: siya (diq) c
Zulu: -mnyama

dye, pigment

Afrikaans: swart (af)
Catalan: negre (ca) m
Czech: čerň (cs) f
Danish: sværte c
Ewe: yibɔ n
Finnish: musta (fi), musta väriaine
Galician: negro (gl)
German: Schwarz (de) n, Schwärze (de) f
Greek: μαύρο (el) n (mávro)
Portuguese: preto (pt) m, negro (pt) m
Romanian: negru (ro) n
Slovak: čerň
Swedish: svärta (sv) c
Vietnamese: màu đen

pen, pencil, etc. with black pigment

Danish: sort (da) c
Finnish: musta (fi)
Galician: negro (gl)
Greek: μαύρο (el) n (mávro)
Malagasy: ngalingaly (mg)
Portuguese: preto (pt) m, preta (pt) f
Slovak: čierna
Vietnamese: màu đen

black cloth hung up at funerals

Finnish: musta vaate
Portuguese: fumo (pt)

dark-skinned person — see also Negro

Albanian: zezak (sq)
Arabic: زِنْجِيّ m (zinjiyy), زَنْجِيّ m (zanjiyy), أَسْوَد (ar) m (ʔaswad), سَوْدَاء f (sawdāʔ)
Armenian: սևամորթ (hy) (sewamortʻ), նեգր (hy) (negr), սեւական (sewakan) (informal)
Belarusian: негр m (njehr), негрыця́нка f (njehrycjánka), чарнаску́ры m (čarnaskúry), чарнаску́рая f (čarnaskúraja)
Bulgarian: не́гър (bg) m (négǎr), не́гърка f (négǎrka), черноко́ж m (černokóž), черноко́жа (bg) f (černokóža)
Catalan: negre (ca) m, negra (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黑人 (hak¹ jan⁴)

Hokkien: 烏人／乌人 (o͘-lâng)

Mandarin: 黑人 (zh) (hēirén)
Chiricahua: indaadiłhiłú, indaa diłhilénde (Chiricahua) , łizhínde, tʼeeshínde (Mescalero)
Czech: černoch (cs) m, černoška (cs) f
Danish: neger (da) m, mørkhudet c
Dutch: zwarte (nl) m
Esperanto: nigrulo
Ewe: ameyibɔ n
Finnish: musta (fi), mustaihoinen (fi)
French: Noir (fr) m, Noire (fr) f
Georgian: შავკანიანი (šavḳaniani)
German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f
Greek: μαύρος (el) m (mávros), μαύρη (el) f (mávri)
Hindi: हबशी (hi) (habśī)
Hungarian: néger (hu), fekete (hu)
Indonesian: negro (id)
Ingrian: arappi, negra
Irish: duine gorm m
Italian: nero (it) m, nera (it) f
Japanese: 黒人 (ja) (こくじん, kokujin)
Korean: 흑인(黑人) (ko) (heugin)
Latin: aetheops m
Lithuanian: negras m, negrė f
Macedonian: црнец m (crnec), црнкинка f (crnkinka), црнка f (crnka) (nonstandard)
Navajo: ^{(please verify)} Naakaii Łizhinii (African, African-American) , ^{(please verify)} Naahiłii (African-American)
Ngazidja Comorian: mndru muɗu class 1/2
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svart (no)
Old Tupi: tapy'yîuna
Persian: سیاه‌پوست (siyâh-pôst), زنگی (fa) (zangi)
Polish: murzyn (pl) m pers, murzynka (pl) f
Portuguese: negro (pt) m, negra (pt) f
Romanian: negru (ro), negresă (ro) f
Russian: негр (ru) m (negr), негритя́нка (ru) f (negritjánka), чёрный (ru) m (čórnyj), чёрная (ru) f (čórnaja) (usually as adjectives), черноко́жий (ru) m (černokóžij), черноко́жая (ru) f (černokóžaja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: црнац m, црнкиња f

Roman: crnac m, crnkinja (sh) f
Slovak: černoch (sk) m, černoška (sk) f
Slovene: črnec m, črnka f
Spanish: negro (es) m, negra (es) f, moreno (es) m, greno m, charol (es) m or f (very dark, Cuba)
Swedish: svart (sv) c
Tajik: сиёҳпӯст (siyohpüst), зангӣ (tg) (zangi)
Thai: คนผิวดำ (kon-pǐu-dam)
Turkish: siyah (tr), zenci (tr)
Ukrainian: му́рин m (múryn), му́ринка f (múrynka), негр m (nehr), негритя́нка f (nehrytjánka), чорношкі́рий m (čornoškíryj), чорношкі́ра f (čornoškíra)
Urdu: زَن٘گی (zangī)
Vietnamese: người da đen, người đen
Volapük: (♂♀) blägan (vo), (♂) hiblägan, (♀) jiblägan
Western Apache: Indaa diłhiłé, Innaa diłhiłé, Ndaa diłhiłé, Nnaa diłhiłé
White Hmong: dub
Zazaki: siyak c

billiards, snooker, pool: black ball

Danish: (den) sorte c
Finnish: musta (fi), musta pallo
German: Schwarze (de) f
Greek: μαύρη (el) f (mávri)
Hungarian: fekete (hu)
Romanian: neagră (ro) f
Swedish: (den (sv)) svarta (sv) c
Zazaki: siyak c

baseball: edge of home plate

type of firecracker

Danish: sort stryger c

blackcurrant syrup in mixed drinks

Finnish: mustaherukka (fi)

chess and similar games: person playing with the black set of pieces

Danish: sort (da) c
Finnish: musta (fi)

part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black

Danish: sort (da) c
Finnish: mustuainen (fi)

stain — see also spot

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch: zwartje (nl) n (negative connotation), neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f