ebon

Meaning

Noun

Ebony; an ebony tree.

Adj

1. (poetic) Made of ebony.
2. (literary, poetic) Black in colour.
3. (literary, offensive) Having dark skin; black.

Synonyms

ebony

black

jet

jet black

pitch black

pitchy

Marshallese

🇲🇭

of ebony

Translations

ebano

ébène

marshallais

🇲🇭

ebbehout

negro como ébano

ébano

Ebenholz-

siyah

εβένινος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛbən/

Etymology

From Old French eban (modern ébène), from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos, “ebony tree”).