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Meaning of melns | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2 Frequent
[mǣlns]

Definitions

  1. black (the color of something that absorbs all light and reflects none)
  2. black (much darker than the average of its kind)
  3. Black (of a person: of dark skin color)
  4. dirty, smudged with something black or dark
  5. dark (wrong, objectionable, unlawful)

Equivalents

English black

Examples

“absolūti melns”

absolutely black

“melna tāfele”

black board

“melns mākonis”

black cloud

“melni mati”

black hair

“melns kā ogle, kā nakts”

black as coal, as the night

“melnais kontinents”

the black continent (= Africa)

“dāma melnā”

lady (dressed) in black

“melnā dzilna”

black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)

“melnā žurka”

black rat (Rattus rattus)

“melnā priede”

black pine (Pinus nigra)

“melnais diamants”

black diamond

“melnā tēja”

black tea

“melna kafija”

black coffee

“melns kungs”

a Black gentleman

“melnā rase”

the Black race

“melnie iezemieši”

the Black natives

“melna mute”

black, dirty mouth

“melnas rokas”

black, dirty hands

“melnā vara”

dark power

“melnā maģija”

black magic

“melnais saraksts”

black list

“melnais tirgus”

black market

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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