jet-black

See also: jet black

English

Etymology

From jet +‎ black.

Noun

jet-black (uncountable)

1. Coal-black; the blackest black.

Alternative forms

• jet black

Translations

the blackest black

• Arabic: اللون الأسود الفاحم
• Azerbaijani: qapqara
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑沉沉 (zh) (hēichēnchēn), 漆黑 (zh) (qīhēi), 墨黑 (zh) (mòhēi), 乌黑色 (zh) (wūhēisè)

• Czech: tmavě černý
• Danish: kulsort
• Dutch: gitzwart (nl), gitzwarte kleur
• Finnish: pikimusta (fi), sysimusta (fi)
• French: noir foncé, noir intense, noir profond, noir soutenu, noir de jais (fr)
• Georgian: ფისივით შავი (pisivit šavi), შავი როგორც ფისი (šavi rogorc pisi)
• German: Rabenschwarz, Tiefschwarz
• Greek: κατάμαυρο χρώμα (katámavro chróma), μαύρο (el) (mávro)
• Indonesian: hitam legam (id)
• Italian: nero corvino, corvino (it)
• Japanese: 漆黒 (ja) (shikkoku)
• Korean: 아주 까만 (aju kkaman)
• Maltese: iswed dlam
• Navajo: diłhił
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kullsvart

• Polish: kruczoczarny (pl)
• Portuguese: preto intenso
• Romanian: negru închis
• Spanish: negro azabache, azabache (es)
• Swedish: kolsvart (sv), nattsvart (sv)
• Tajik: сип-сиёҳ (sip-siyoh)
• Turkish: kuzguni siyah, kapkara (tr), simsiyah (tr)
• Vietnamese: đen kịt (vi), đen thui (vi)

Adjective

jet-black (comparative more jet-black, superlative most jet-black)

1. Pitch-black; of the blackest black.
   • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 152:

     Year after year unto her feet, / She lying on her couch alone, / Across the purpled coverlet, / The maiden's jet-black hair has grown, […]

Translations

of the blackest black — see pitch-black