The Hungarian word for black is
fekete
Translations for black and their definitions
| fekete | |
| 1. adj. black (absorbing all light and reflecting practically none) | |
| 2. adj. black (pertaining to a dark-skinned ethnic group) | |
| 3. adj. black (having a very dark color, especially brown, blue, gray or red) | |
| 4. adj. (figurative) tragic, mournful, black (causing great sadness or suffering) | |
| 5. adj. (figurative) black (derived from evil forces, or performed with the intention of doing harm) | |
| 6. adj. (figurative, in) illegal (contrary to or forbidden by criminal law) | |
| 7. n. black (color perceived in the absence of light) | |
| 8. n. black clothes (especially as mourning attire) | |
| 9. n. black person (member of a dark-skinned ethnic group) | |
| 10. n. dark-haired person (especially a woman with dark hair) | |
| 11. n. (colloquial) black coffee (coffee without cream or milk) |
| néger | |
| 1. n. (now potentially offensive) black (a person of African descent) | |
| 2. n. (pejorative) ghostwriter |
| sötét | |
| 1. adj. dark, sombre (UK), somber (US) | |
| Sötét lett, mire hazaértem. - By the time I got home, it was already dark. | |
| Sötét nadrághoz ne vegyünk fehér zoknit. - You shouldn't wear white socks with dark trousers. | |
| 2. adj. (colloquial) unintelligent, stupid, dumb | |
| Szépnek szép, de sötét, mint az éjszaka. - She may be beautiful, but she's dumb as rocks. (literally: dark as the night) | |
| 3. n. darkness, dark | |
| Eltartott egy ideig, amíg a szemem hozzászokott a sötéthez. - It took a while until my eyes grew accustomed to the dark. | |
| Egyelőre csak a sötétben tapogatózunk. - So far, we’re just groping around in the dark. |
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