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This plate must not be made of ebonite or black paper, as used in our preceding experiments, for the reason that they would be promptly destroyed by the heat.
Cette lame ne peut être fabriquée ni avec de l'ébonite, ni avec du papier noir, précédemment employés, parce qu'ils seraient promptement détruits, par la chaleur.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908

With her unbound hair streaming around her, and her head resting amid the folds of the blood-red banner, all her life now centred in her eyes, those black eyes glittering in her white face.
Les cheveux dénoués, la tête roulée dans les plis sanglants du drapeau, elle n’avait plus que ses yeux de vivants, des yeux noirs, qui luisaient dans son visage blanc.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

The little black hen was lying on the ground, dead, killed as by lightning.
Par terre, la petite poule noire gisait foudroyée, morte.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile

Her hair was scanty and black, her eyes and cheeks hollow, her arms thin, her chest narrow, showing a battle between life and death, a duel without truce in which the mother had so far been victorious.
Ses cheveux rares et noirs, ses veux caves, ses joues creuses, ses bras amaigris, sa poitrine étroite annonçaient un débat entre la vie et la mort, duel sans trêve où jusqu’alors la comtesse était victorieuse.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de

"Much wet - much smoke; much water - black smoke."
– Beaucoup d’humidité, beaucoup de fumée ; – beaucoup d’eau, fumée noire.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981

There was even a carpet, which just covered the middle of the floor, and a chandelier in a white muslin cover which the flies had spotted with black specks.
Il y avait même un tapis qui ne couvrait que le milieu du parquet, et un lustre garni d’un étui de mousseline blanche que les mouches avaient piqué de chiures noires.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

The thought of her made the future to him as black as a thunder cloud.
La pensée de cette femme lui faisait voir l’avenir noir comme un ciel d’orage.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994

Next one passed through Marino, with its sloping streets, its large cathedral, and its black decaying palace belonging to the Colonnas.
Puis, on traversait Marino, à la grande rue en pente, à la vaste église, au vieux palais noirci et à demi mangé des Colonna.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile

Several times the sisters fancied they saw it, looming up in the obscurity, like a low black rock; but on each occasion it was found to be either an optical illusion, or some swell of the foliage on the shore.
Plusieurs fois elles crurent l’entrevoir dans l’obscurité comme un rocher noir presque à fleur d’eau ; mais, à chaque occasion, c’était une illusion d’optique occasionnée par une cause ou par une autre.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995

May thy skin become black, may thy red hair spread over thy whole body and cover thee with a beast's fur.
Que ta peau noircisse, que tes cheveux roux coulent sur ton corps entier et le couvrent d’un poil de bête!
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile

The engine was still snorting, and the fire was dying down amidst dense black smoke. Nothing was to be heard but the tramping of the diminishing crowd and the last blows of a fireman's axe striking down a beam.
La pompe ronflait toujours, l'incendie pâlissait, au milieu d'une fumée noire; on n'entendait plus que le piétinement affaibli de la foule et la hache attardée d'un pompier abattant une charpente.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile

It was the site of the old mansion, still black with traces of the fire which had destroyed the building.
C'était l'ancien emplacement du château, encore noir de l'incendie qui avait abattu les murs.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

She marches, glistening black and glossy like the love-locks of a gypsy; and as she marches, she unfolds here and there upon the ground a faint trail of chickens.
Elle va, chatoyante de reflets noirs et lustrés, comme une coiffure de gitane, et, en marchant, elle déploie çà et là sur le sol une vague traîne de poussins.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

The man tried to murder you; it was he who fired the gun; I saw him distinctly slip his black fingers under your arm."
L’homme a voulu vous assassiner; c’est lui qui a fait partir le coup de fusil; j’ai parfaitement aperçu ses doigts noirs qu’il glissait sous votre bras…
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

She was there; he could see her, gleaming white through the darkness, with her living helm of ink-black hair.
Elle était là, il voyait sa blancheur dans l’ombre, avec son casque vivant, sa chevelure d’encre.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

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black market

marché noir

black knight

chevalier noir

black magic

magie noire

brilliant black

noir brillant

carbon black

noir de fumée

accident black spot

carrefour névralgique

accident black spot

point noir

black body

corps noir

black economy

économie parallèle

black economy

économie souterraine

black water

eaux noires

black pine

pin noir

black smoker

fumeur noir

black water

eau noire

black currant

Cassis

Word forms

black

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	black	blacks
Possessive case	black's	blacks'

black

adjective

Positive degree	black
Comparative degree	blacker
Superlative degree	blackest

black

verb

Basic forms
Past	blacked
Imperative	black
Present Participle (Participle I)	blacking
Past Participle (Participle II)	blacked

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I black	we black
you black	you black
he/she/it blacks	they black

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am blacking	we are blacking
you are blacking	you are blacking
he/she/it is blacking	they are blacking

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have blacked	we have blacked
you have blacked	you have blacked
he/she/it has blacked	they have blacked

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been blacking	we have been blacking
you have been blacking	you have been blacking
he/she/it has been blacking	they have been blacking

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I blacked	we blacked
you blacked	you blacked
he/she/it blacked	they blacked

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was blacking	we were blacking
you were blacking	you were blacking
he/she/it was blacking	they were blacking

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had blacked	we had blacked
you had blacked	you had blacked
he/she/it had blacked	they had blacked

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been blacking	we had been blacking
you had been blacking	you had been blacking
he/she/it had been blacking	they had been blacking

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will black	we shall/will black
you will black	you will black
he/she/it will black	they will black

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be blacking	we shall/will be blacking
you will be blacking	you will be blacking
he/she/it will be blacking	they will be blacking

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have blacked	we shall/will have blacked
you will have blacked	you will have blacked
he/she/it will have blacked	they will have blacked

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been blacking	we shall/will have been blacking
you will have been blacking	you will have been blacking
he/she/it will have been blacking	they will have been blacking

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would black	we should/would black
you would black	you would black
he/she/it would black	they would black

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be blacking	we should/would be blacking
you would be blacking	you would be blacking
he/she/it would be blacking	they would be blacking

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have blacked	we should/would have blacked
you would have blacked	you would have blacked
he/she/it would have blacked	they would have blacked

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been blacking	we should/would have been blacking
you would have been blacking	you would have been blacking
he/she/it would have been blacking	they would have been blacking

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am blacked	we are blacked
you are blacked	you are blacked
he/she/it is blacked	they are blacked

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being blacked	we are being blacked
you are being blacked	you are being blacked
he/she/it is being blacked	they are being blacked

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been blacked	we have been blacked
you have been blacked	you have been blacked
he/she/it has been blacked	they have been blacked

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was blacked	we were blacked
you were blacked	you were blacked
he/she/it was blacked	they were blacked

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being blacked	we were being blacked
you were being blacked	you were being blacked
he/she/it was being blacked	they were being blacked

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been blacked	we had been blacked
you had been blacked	you had been blacked
he/she/it had been blacked	they had been blacked

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be blacked	we shall/will be blacked
you will be blacked	you will be blacked
he/she/it will be blacked	they will be blacked

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been blacked	we shall/will have been blacked
you will have been blacked	you will have been blacked
he/she/it will have been blacked	they will have been blacked