The Latin word for black is
niger
Translations for black and their definitions
| niger | |
| 1. adj. wan, shining black (as opposed to ater, dull black) | |
| Nigrum in candida vertere. | |
| To turn black into white. | |
| 2. adj. bad; evil; ill-omened |
| ater | |
| 1. adj. dull black (as opposed to niger, shining black); dark | |
| 2. adj. gloomy, sad, dismal, unlucky | |
| 3. adj. (poetic, rare) malevolent | |
| 4. adj. (poetic) obscure |
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