Meanings
comparative more jet-black · superlative most jet-black
- Pitch-black; of the blackest black.
Year after year unto her feet, / She lying on her couch alone, / Across the purpled coverlet, / The maiden's jet-black hair has grown, […]
1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 152Synonyms: jetty
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePitch-black; of the blackest black.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic فَحْمِيّ
- فَحْمِيّ (faḥmiyy)the blackest black
Chinese Mandarin 黑沉沉, 漆黑
- 黑沉沉 (hēichēnchēn)the blackest black
- 漆黑 (qīhēi)the blackest black
- 墨黑 (mòhēi)the blackest black
- 乌黑色 (wūhēisè)the blackest black
Czech tmavě černý
- tmavě černýthe blackest black
Danish kulsort
- kulsortthe blackest black
Dutch gitzwart, gitzwarte kleur
- gitzwartthe blackest black
- gitzwarte kleurthe blackest black
Finnish pikimusta, sysimusta
- pikimustathe blackest black
- sysimustathe blackest black
French noir foncé, noir intense
- noir foncéthe blackest black
- noir intensethe blackest black
- noir profondthe blackest black
- noir soutenuthe blackest black
- noir de jaisthe blackest black
German Rabenschwarz, Tiefschwarz
- Rabenschwarzthe blackest black
- Tiefschwarzthe blackest black
Greek κατάμαυρο χρώμα, μαύρο
- κατάμαυρο χρώμα (katámavro chróma)the blackest black
- μαύρο (mávro)the blackest black
Indonesian hitam legam
- hitam legamthe blackest black
Italian nero corvino, corvino
- nero corvinothe blackest black
- corvinothe blackest black
Japanese 漆黒
- 漆黒 (shikkoku)the blackest black
Korean 아주 까만
- 아주 까만 (aju kkaman)the blackest black
Norwegian Bokmål kullsvart
- kullsvartthe blackest black
Polish kruczoczarny
- kruczoczarnythe blackest black
Portuguese preto intenso
- preto intensothe blackest black
Romanian negru închis
- negru închisthe blackest black
Slovak žúžoľ
- žúžoľthe blackest black
Spanish negro azabache, azabache
- negro azabachethe blackest black
- azabachethe blackest black
Swedish kolsvart, nattsvart
- kolsvartthe blackest black
- nattsvartthe blackest black
Turkish kuzguni siyah, kapkara
- kuzguni siyahthe blackest black
- kapkarathe blackest black
- simsiyahthe blackest black
Vietnamese đen kịt, đen thui
- đen kịtthe blackest black
- đen thuithe blackest black
Cite this entry
jet-black. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jet-black
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