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black
/blæk/
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🇨🇦 French (Canada): noir(e)
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Definition

🇬🇧 English
adjective

The darkest colour, like the night sky or coal. Black is the absence of light.

Définition

🇨🇦 French (Canada)

Couleur de laquelle aucune lumière visible n’est émise. #000000.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Adjective. Used before a noun: 'a black cat', or after a verb: 'the cat is black'. Common collocations: black coffee, black hole, black market, pitch black.

Cultural Notes

Black has many cultural meanings in English. It often symbolises elegance and formality (black tie event) but can also suggest negativity (black market, blackout). 'Black Friday' is now the biggest shopping day of the year in many countries.

Example Sentences

She is using black paint on her picture.

"She is using black paint on her picture."

🇨🇦 "Elle utilise de la peinture noire sur son dessin."

The lights are black.

"The lights are black."

🇨🇦 "Les lumières sont noires."

Fill in the Blank 🇬🇧 English

She is using ___ paint on her picture.

Practice Quiz

1. Which sentence is correct?
2. Black is the ___ of all colours.

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