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jet-black en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒɛtblæk/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From jet + black.

Meanings

  1. Pitch-black; of the blackest black.
    • Year after year unto her feet, / She lying on her couch alone, / Across the purpled coverlet, / The maiden's jet-black hair has grown, […] 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 152:

Forms

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more jet-black Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most jet-black Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

jetty

jet-black en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒɛtblæk/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From jet + black.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Coal-black; the blackest black.

Forms

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jet black alternative lexicographic

Translations (49)

de Tiefschwarz (the blackest black) · es negro azabache (the blackest black) · pl kruczoczarny (the blackest black) · id hitam legam (the blackest black) · uz zimziyo (the blackest black) · fr noir intense (the blackest black) · sv kolsvart (the blackest black) · fi sysimusta (the blackest black) · da kulsort (the blackest black) · fr noir foncé (the blackest black) · nl gitzwart (the blackest black) · el κατάμαυρο χρώμα (the blackest black) · ka ფისივით შავი (the blackest black) · fr noir profond (the blackest black) · az qapqara (the blackest black) · ja 漆黒 (the blackest black) · ka შავი როგორც ფისი (the blackest black) · mt iswed dlam (the blackest black) · it corvino (the blackest black) · cmn 黑沉沉 (the blackest black) · ko 아주 까만 (the blackest black) · fr noir soutenu (the blackest black) · de Rabenschwarz (the blackest black) · tg сип-сиёҳ (the blackest black) · cmn 墨黑 (the blackest black) · it nero corvino (the blackest black) · nb kullsvart (the blackest black) · vi đen thui (the blackest black) · cmn 乌黑色 (the blackest black) · tr simsiyah (the blackest black) · tr kuzguni siyah (the blackest black) · sv nattsvart (the blackest black) · fi pikimusta (the blackest black) · es azabache (the blackest black) · cs tmavě černý (the blackest black) · ro negru închis (the blackest black) · uz qop-qora (the blackest black) · fa-ira پرکلاغی (the blackest black) · crh sim-siya (the blackest black) · nv diłhił (the blackest black) · vi đen kịt (the blackest black) · sk žúžoľ (the blackest black) · cmn 漆黑 (the blackest black) · fr noir de jais (the blackest black) · tr kapkara (the blackest black) · el μαύρο (the blackest black) · nl gitzwarte kleur (the blackest black) · pt preto intenso (the blackest black) · ar فَحْمِيّ (the blackest black)