How to say

Black

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Amharic አማርኛ am

ጥቁር

t'i-KOOR

Use 't'ik'ur' to describe the color black.

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Arabic العربية ar

أسود

AH-swad

Use 'aswad' to describe the color black.

Bangla বাংলা bn

কালো

KAA-lo

Use 'kalo' to describe the color black.

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Catalan català ca

Negre

NEH-greh

Use 'negre' to describe the color black.

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Czech čeština cs

Černý

CHER-nee

Use 'černý' to describe the color black.

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Danish dansk da

Sort

sohrd

Use 'sort' to describe the color black.

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German Deutsch de

Schwarz

shvarts

Use 'Schwarz' to describe the color black.

Greek Ελληνικά el

Μαύρο

MAV-ro

Use 'mávro' to describe the color black.

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Spanish Español es

Negro

NEH-gro

Use 'negro' to describe the color black or a person of African descent (though be mindful of potential offense).

Estonian eesti et

Must

moost

Use 'must' to describe the color black.

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Basque Basque eu

Beltz

beltz

Use 'beltz' to describe the color black.

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Persian فارسی fa

سیاه

see-YAH

Use 'siyāh' to describe the color black.

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Finnish suomi fi

Musta

MOOS-tah

Use 'musta' to describe the color black.

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French Français fr

Noir

nwa(r)

Use 'noir' to describe the color black; it can also refer to a person of African descent, but be cautious as it can be considered offensive depending on context.

Galician Galician gl

Negro

NEH-gro

Use 'negro' to describe the color black.

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Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu

કાળો

KAA-lo

Use 'kāḷo' to describe the color black.

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Hausa Hausa ha

Baki

BAH-kee

Use 'baki' to describe the color black.

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Hebrew עברית he

שחור

shah-KHOR

Use 'shachor' to describe the color black.

Hindi हिन्दी hi

काला

KAA-laa

Use 'kaala' to describe the color black.

Hungarian magyar hu

Fekete

FEH-keh-teh

Use 'fekete' to describe the color black.

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Indonesian Indonesia id

Hitam

hee-TAHM

Use 'hitam' to describe the color black.

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Icelandic Icelandic is

Svartur

SVAHR-tur

Use 'svartur' to describe the color black.

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Italian Italiano it

Nero

NEH-ro

Use 'nero' to describe the color black.

Japanese 日本語 ja

黒

koo-ROH

Use 'kuro' to describe the color black.

Korean 한국어 ko

검정색

guhm-JEONG-saek

Use 'geomjeongsaek' to describe the color black.

Lithuanian lietuvių lt

Juodas

YOO-oh-das

Use 'juodas' to describe the color black.

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Latvian latviešu lv

Melns

melns

Use 'melns' to describe the color black.

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Marathi मराठी mr

काळा

KAA-la

Use 'kala' to describe the color black.

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Malay Melayu ms

Hitam

hee-TAHM

Use 'hitam' to describe the color black.

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Dutch Nederlands nl

Zwart

zvahrt

Use 'zwart' to describe the color black.

Norwegian norsk no

Svart

svahrt

Use 'svart' to describe the color black.

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Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa

ਕਾਲਾ

KAA-laa

Use 'kaala' to describe the color black.

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Polish polski pl

Czarny

CHAHR-ni

Use 'czarny' to describe the color black.

Portuguese Português pt

Preto

PREH-too

Use 'preto' to describe the color black; it can also refer to a person of African descent, but be cautious as it can be considered offensive depending on context.

Romanian română ro

Negru

NEH-groo

Use 'negru' to describe the color black.

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Russian русский ru

Чёрный

CHYO-rniy

Use 'Chyornyy' to describe the color black.

Swedish svenska sv

Svart

svahrt

Use 'svart' to describe the color black.

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Swahili Kiswahili sw

Nyeusi

nyeh-OO-see

Use 'nyeusi' to describe the color black.

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Tamil தமிழ் ta

கருப்பு

ka-RU-pu

Use 'karuppu' to describe the color black.

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Telugu తెలుగు te

నలుపు

na-LU-pu

Use 'nalupu' to describe the color black.

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Thai ไทย th

สีดำ

see dam

Use 'sī dam' to describe the color black.

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Filipino Filipino tl

Itim

ee-TIM

Use 'itim' to describe the color black.

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Turkish Türkçe tr

Siyah

see-YAH

Use 'siyah' to describe the color black.

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Ukrainian українська uk

Чорний

CHOR-niy

Use 'Chornyy' to describe the color black.

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Urdu اردو ur

کالا

KAA-laa

Use 'kaala' to describe the color black.

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Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi

Đen

yen

Use 'đen' to describe the color black.

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Yoruba Yoruba yo

Dúdú

doo-DOO

Use 'dúdú' to describe the color black.

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Chinese 中文 zh

黑色

hay-SUH

Use 'hēisè' to describe the color black.

zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue

黑色

haak-SIK

Use 'hāksīk' to describe the color black.

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Zulu Zulu zu

Mnyama

m-NYAH-mah

Use 'mnyama' to describe the color black.

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