darken

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
2. (intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light).
3. (impersonal) To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud).
4. (transitive) To make dark or darker in colour.
5. (intransitive) To become dark or darker in colour.
6. (transitive) To render gloomy, darker in mood.
7. (intransitive) To become gloomy, darker in mood.
8. (transitive) To blind, impair the eyesight.
9. (intransitive) To be blinded, lose one’s eyesight.
10. (transitive) To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
11. (transitive) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
12. (intransitive) To be extinguished or deprived of vitality, to die.

Έννοιες

αμαυρώνω

σκοτεινιάζω

σκουραίνω

Συνώνυμα

obscure

grow dark

get dark

blacken

cloud

☁️

dark

become dark

make dark

dim

sadden

grow black

black

overshadow

eclipse

obfuscate

shade

make black

embrown

benight

block out

darkle

depress

distress

extinguish

lour

murk

overcast

overcloud

shadow

spot

stain

tarnish

threaten

upset

wane

grow dim

Sotho

be clouded

bedim

lower

make sad

cloudy

☁️

cloud over

turn brown

take on a darker colour

bruise

pall

brown

blur

be obscured

Μεταφράσεις

oscurarsi

oscurecer

sich verdunkeln

oscurare

verdunkeln

obscurcir

oscurecerse

s’assombrir

foncer

s’obscurcir

scurire

dunkeln

incupire

dunkel werden

assombrir

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈdɑɹkən/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: derkenen

Συγγενές με Σκωτικά: derken

Συγγενές με Παλαιά Άνω Γερμανικά: tarchanjan

Συγγενές με Μέσα Άνω Γερμανικά: terken

In summary

From Middle English derkenen, dirkenen, from Old English *deorcnian, *diercnian (“to darken”), from Proto-West Germanic *dirkinōn (“to darken”), equivalent to dark + -en.
Cognate with Scots derken, durken (“to darken”), Old High German tarchanjan, terchinen (“to darken”), Middle High German terken, derken (“to darken”).