blackness

Signification (Anglais)

1. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being black in colour.
2. (uncountable, usually) Any space that such colour pervades.
3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Darkness, gloominess; depression.
4. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) The quality of being evil or dismal.
5. (uncountable, usually) The state of being of African descent.
6. (uncountable, usually) The experiences and culture of African-American people.

Concepts

noirceur

obscurité

noir

saleté

galeux

ténèbres

Synonymes

darkness

black

black color

lightlessness

total darkness

inkiness

pitch blackness

gloom

murkiness

duskiness

ebony

night

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nigrescence

nigritude

obscureness

opacity

shadow

soot

sootiness

unfinished

black stain

black colour

quarry-faced

sableness

black color

black colour

blacken

blackening

blackish

dark

deep black

dimness

dirt

dusk

Traductions

Schwärze

negrura

negror

zwartheid

Dunkelheit

negror

negrura

oscuridad

escuridão

nigredo

nigritia

nerezza

atritas

μαυρίλα

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈblæknəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: blaknesse

In summary

Inherited from Middle English blaknesse, equivalent to black + -ness. Sense 5 most likely both originated from the masque The Masque of Blackness by Ben Jonson and later changed to its current positive sense.

Phrases

I remember how I sat on the table there in the blackness , with patches of green and crimson swimming before my eyes .

Je me souviens comment je me suis assis sur la table là-bas dans la noirceur, avec des taches de green et de cramoisi nager devant mes yeux.