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)
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