| Part of speech | adjective |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /blæk/ |
| Hyphenation | black |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑚𐑤𐑨𐑒 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐺𐑊𐐰𐐿 |
| Positive | black |
|---|---|
| Comparative | blacker |
| Superlative | blackest |
| Afrikaans | swart |
|---|---|
| Albanian | zi |
| Catalan | negre |
| Czech | černý |
| Danish | sort |
| Dutch | zwart |
| English (Old English) | blæc; sweart |
| Esperanto | nigra |
| Faeroese | svartur |
| Finnish | musta |
| French | noir |
| German | schwarz |
| Greek | μαύρος |
| Hawaiian | pāʻele; pōʻele; ʻele; ʻeleʻele; ʻeneʻene |
| Hungarian | fekete |
| Icelandic | svartur |
| Italian | nero |
| Kabylian | aberkan |
| Latin | ater; niger |
| Low German | swart |
| Luxemburgish | schwaarz |
| Malay | hitam |
| Norwegian | svart |
| Papiamento | preto; pretu |
| Polish | czarny |
| Portuguese | negro; preto |
| Romanian | negru |
| Russian | чёрный |
| Saterland Frisian | swot |
| Scottish Gaelic | dubh |
| Spanish | negro |
| Sranan | blaka |
| Swahili | ‐eusi |
| Swedish | svart |
| Tagalog | itím; maitím |
| Thai | ดำ; สีดำ |
| Turkish | kara; siyah |
| Welsh | du |
| West Frisian | swart |
| Yiddish | שואַרץ; שװאַרצע |