Meanings
nounblack ice (uncountable)
- uncountableA smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.
He said the bus struck a patch of black ice, or freshly formed ice as yet invisible on the road surface, just after he had passed a trailer truck.
1965 December 25, “Oregon Bus Crash Kills 12, Hurts 27”, in New York Times, page 30
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Translations
Arabic جَلِيد أَسْوَد
- جَلِيد أَسْوَد (jalīd ʔaswad)invisible film of ice
Basque euri izoztu
- euri izoztuinvisible film of ice
Bulgarian поледица
- поледица (poledica)invisible film of ice
Chinese Mandarin 黑冰
- 黑冰 (hēibīng)invisible film of ice
Czech náledí
- náledíinvisible film of ice
Danish islag
- islaginvisible film of ice
Dutch ijzel
- ijzelinvisible film of ice
Esperanto glatglacio
- glatglacioinvisible film of ice
Finnish musta jää
- musta jääinvisible film of ice
French verglas, glace noire
- verglasinvisible film of ice
- glace noireinvisible film of ice
German Glatteis, Blitzeis
- Glatteisinvisible film of ice
- Blitzeisinvisible film of ice
- überfrierende Nässeinvisible film of ice
- Eisglätteinvisible film of ice
Greek μαύρος πάγος
- μαύρος πάγος (mávros págos)invisible film of ice
Hungarian jegesedés
- jegesedésinvisible film of ice
Irish oighear dubh
- oighear dubhinvisible film of ice
Italian vetrone, ghiaccio nero
- vetroneinvisible film of ice
- ghiaccio neroinvisible film of ice
Japanese アイスバーン, ブラックアイスバーン
- アイスバーン (aisubān)invisible film of ice
- ブラックアイスバーン (burakku aisubān)invisible film of ice
- 黒氷 (kurokōri)invisible film of ice
- 透明氷 (tōmeikōri)invisible film of ice
- 雨氷invisible film of ice
Korean 빙판, 빙판길
- 빙판 (bingpan)invisible film of ice
- 빙판길 (bingpan'gil)invisible film of ice
- 도로 살얼음 (doro sareoreum)invisible film of ice
- 블랙아이스 (beullaegaiseu)invisible film of ice
Latvian apledojums
- apledojumsinvisible film of ice
Lithuanian plikledis
- plikledisinvisible film of ice
Polish gołoledź, czarny lód
- gołoledźinvisible film of ice
- czarny lódinvisible film of ice
- ślizgawicainvisible film of ice
- ślizgawkainvisible film of ice
- szklankainvisible film of ice
Portuguese gelo negro
- gelo negroinvisible film of ice
Romanian polei, ghețuș
- poleiinvisible film of ice
- ghețușinvisible film of ice
Russian гололе́дица, гололёд
- гололе́дица (gololédica)invisible film of ice
- гололёд (gololjód)invisible film of ice
Slovak poľadovica
- poľadovicainvisible film of ice
Spanish placa de hielo, verglás
- placa de hieloinvisible film of ice
- verglásinvisible film of ice
Swedish blixthalka, svarthalka
- blixthalkainvisible film of ice
- svarthalkainvisible film of ice
Tamil கரும் பனி
- கரும் பனி (karum paṉi)invisible film of ice
Ukrainian ожеле́диця, о́желедь
- ожеле́диця (oželédycja)invisible film of ice
- о́желедь (óželedʹ)invisible film of ice
- ожеле́да (oželéda)invisible film of ice
Vietnamese băng đen
- băng đeninvisible film of ice
Welsh plymen, glasrew
- plymeninvisible film of ice
- glasrewinvisible film of ice
- durewinvisible film of ice
Cite this entry
APA
black ice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20ice
MLA
“black ice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20ice. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black ice,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20ice.
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