jet-black

See also: jet black

English

From jet +‎ black.

jet-black (uncountable)

the blackest black

Arabic: اللون الأسود الفاحم
Azerbaijani: qapqara
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑沉沉 (zh) (hēichēnchēn), 漆黑 (zh) (qīhēi), 墨黑 (zh) (mòhēi), 乌黑色 (zh) (wūhēisè)
Czech: tmavě černý
Danish: kulsort
Dutch: gitzwart (nl), gitzwarte kleur
Finnish: pikimusta (fi), sysimusta (fi)
French: noir foncé, noir intense, noir profond, noir soutenu, noir de jais (fr)
Georgian: ფისივით შავი (pisivit šavi), შავი როგორც ფისი (šavi rogorc pisi)
German: Rabenschwarz, Tiefschwarz
Greek: κατάμαυρο χρώμα (katámavro chróma), μαύρο (el) (mávro)
Indonesian: hitam legam (id)
Italian: nero corvino, corvino (it)
Japanese: 漆黒 (ja) (shikkoku)
Korean: 아주 까만 (aju kkaman)
Maltese: iswed dlam
Navajo: diłhił
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kullsvart
Polish: kruczoczarny (pl)
Portuguese: preto intenso
Romanian: negru închis
Spanish: negro azabache, azabache (es)
Swedish: kolsvart (sv), nattsvart (sv)
Turkish: kuzguni siyah, kapkara (tr)
Vietnamese: đen kịt (vi), đen thui (vi)

jet-black (comparative more jet-black, superlative most jet-black)

Pitch-black; of the blackest black.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 152:
  Year after year unto her feet, / She lying on her couch alone, / Across the purpled coverlet, / The maiden's jet-black hair has grown, […]

of the blackest black — see pitch-black

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