Black

"Black" in Greek

ερεβώδης

erevódis

(without light)

κακός

kakós

(bad; evil)

μαύρος

mávros

(absorbing all light)

μαύρος

mávros

(relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned link= A user suggests that this Translingual entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “e.g. Dutch: neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f and German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f aren't translations of the adjective, but of the noun for which see below.” Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.)

μαύρος

mávros

(bad; evil)

μαύρος

mávros

(illegitimate, illegal or disgraced)

σκέτος

skétos

(of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener)

σκοτεινός

skoteinós

(without light)

μέλας

mélas

(colour/color)

μαύρη

mávri

(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)

μαύρη

mávri

(billiards, snooker, pool: black ball)

μαύρο

mávro

(colour/color)

μαύρο

mávro

(dye, pigment)

μαύρο

mávro

(pen, pencil, etc. with black pigment)

μαύρος

mávros

(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.