English

Pronunciation

• AHD : därk
• SAMPA : /dA:(r)k/
• IPA : /dɑː(r)k/

Adjective

dark (darker , darkest )

1. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
2. Sinister or malign (dark forces are at work).

Translations

• Breton: teñval (1)
• Bulgarian: тъмен (1, 2)
• Chinese Characters: 暗; 黑, 黒
• Chinese: 黑暗
• Czech: tmavý
• Dutch: donker (1), duister (1,2)
• Finnish: tumma (1), pimeä (1, 2)
• French: sombre , obscure (1); noir (2)
• Ido: tenebroza
• Italian: buio, scuro (1); oscuro (2)
• Japanese: 暗い (くらい )
• Frisian: tsjuster , donker
• German: dunkel (1,2), düster (2)
• Polish: ciemny m (1), mroczny m (2)
• Romanian: intunecat , sumbru , obscur (1)
• Russian: тeмный
• Slovak: tmavý
• Swedish: mörk
• Spanish: oscuro

Noun

dark

1. A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
2. Ignorance (to be kept in the dark)
3. Nightfall (after dark)

Translations

• Breton: teñvalijenn f, teñvalded f (1), teñvalijenn (2)
• Bulgarian: мрак m (1), тъмнина f (1), невидение n (2), незнание n (2), свечеряване n (3)
• Chinese: 黑暗 (heian) (1, 2), 黄昏 (huanghun) (3)
• Dutch: donker n (1), ongewisse (2), onwetendheid f (2), het vallen van de avond (3)
• Finnish: pimeys (1, 3), tietämättömyys (2)
• French: noir m, obscurité f, tombée de la nuit (3)
• German: Dunkelheit f (1), Dunkel n (1,2), Dunkelwerden (3)
• Greek: σούρουπο (3)
• Ido: tenebro
• Italian: buio m, oscurità f (1, 2), tramonto (3)
• Japanese: 暗黒 , 暗闇
• Latin: obscuritas (1,2), annoctatio (3)
• Polish: ciemność f (1), mroki pl n (2), zmrok m (3)
• Romanian: intuneric n, obscuritate f
• Spanish: oscuridad f (1,2), anochecer m (3)
• Swedish: mörker

Related words

• darken
• darkish
• darkling
• darkness
• darksome
• darky

Phrases

• after dark
• at dark
• before dark
• the dark side = a distinctly negative ethical paradigm (see Wikipedia article ).