black russian
чёрный
black
gloomy, dark, dismal
back, rear, service (entrance)
dark, swarthy, dark-haired
rough, coarse, menial, unskilled
мра́чный
dark, gloomy, murky
gloomy, morose, grim, dismal
black (of humour), dark (of humour)
негр
black person, black man
ghostwriter, hack (working for someone else)
absurd combination, preposterous mixture
черно́
black (short form)
воронко́
black horse
чп
emergency, emergency situation, serious incident
private company, private enterprise, private business
pulse rate, heart rate
Black Sea Shipping Company
черне́ть
to blacken, to show black
синя́к
bruise, black-and-blue mark, contusion
чернота́
blackness, black colour
darkness, pitch darkness, dark
гра́фика
graphic art, drawing (as an art form), black-and-white art
graphics
script, writing system
почерне́ть
to blacken, to show black
вы́родок
degenerate, black sheep
creep, scumbag, monster
тенево́й
shady, shaded, shade (attributive)
shadow (economy), black-market, illegal, underground
черномо́рский
Black Sea
вороно́й
black
ко́поть
soot, lamp-black
отключи́ться
to be disconnected, to be cut off, to switch itself off, to go off
to switch off (mentally), to zone out, to tune out, to stop paying attention
to doze off, to nod off, to drop off (to sleep), to crash
to faint, to pass out, to black out, to keel over
са́жа
soot, carbon-black
чума́
plague, black death
чернь
rabble, mob, common people (pejorative)
niello
black dye, blackening
Mirkwood
черноволо́сый
black haired
мазу́т
mazut, black oil
ара́п
blackamoor, Moor, black man
swindler, cheat, trickster, braggart
затемни́ть
to darken, to black out, to obscure
беспросве́тный
hopeless, unrelieved, bleak, utterly gloomy
pitch-dark, pitch-black
масли́на
black olive, olive
olive tree
транспара́нт
banner, transparency, underlines, black-lined paper
спекули́ровать
to speculate, to deal speculatively
to profiteer, to make illicit profits, to black-market
to trade on, to exploit, to capitalize on
черноко́жий
black, black-skinned, black man
черни́ть
to slander, to denigrate, to smear, to cast a slur on
to blacken, to make black, to dye black
фарцо́вщик
black-marketeer, spiv
черноборо́дый
black-bearded
чернозём
black earth
мажо́р
major key, major
rich kid, spoiled brat, posh boy
cheerful mood, high spirits
black marketeer, profiteer
вы́рубиться
to pass out, to black out, to conk out, to fall asleep instantly
to shut off, to turn off, to cut out, to go out
to cut one's way out, to hack one's way out
to be felled, to be cut down
саж
soot, lampblack, carbon black
сурьма́
antimony, stibium
kohl, black dye (for eyebrows or hair)
графи́т
graphite, plumbago, black lead, lead
финга́л
black eye
изукра́сить
to adorn, to decorate richly, to deck out
to spoil, to disfigure, to mess up
to beat black and blue, to beat up badly
гололёд
black ice, icy conditions, ice-covered ground
лева́к
ultra-leftist, radical leftist, leftie
man working on the side, moonlighter, black marketeer
fling, bit on the side, affair
чернокни́жник
practitioner of black magic
ва́кса
shoe polish, blacking
darkie, black person (offensive)
мажо́рный
major
cheerful, upbeat, buoyant, lively
posh, upper-class, snobbish, stuck-up
black-market
черноу́сый
with a black moustache, black-moustached
негритя́нка
black woman, Negress
чёрно-белый
black-and-white
вороно́к
police van, prison van, Black Maria, paddy wagon
афга́нка
Afghan woman, Afghan
field uniform (Soviet summer type), tropical uniform
Afghan hash, black Afghan
ва́ксить
to polish, to black
гололе́дица
ice-covered ground, icy conditions, black ice
дочерна́
till is black
затемня́ть
to darken, to black out, to obscure
зачерне́ть
to appear black
изукра́шивать
to adorn, to decorate richly, to ornament
to beat black and blue, to bruise all over
to spoil, to mar, to disfigure
креп
crepe, crape
mourning crape, crape band, black armband
маренго
greyish black
негрито́с
black kid, dark-skinned kid, little black boy
Negrito
нечернозёмный
non-black earth, non-chernozem
Нечернозе́мье
Non-Black Earth Zone, Non-Chernozem Zone
осоко́рь
black poplar
подшиба́ть
to bruise (with a blow), to give a black eye
to knock down, to knock over
савра́сый
light-brown with black mane and tail
спекуля́нтка
profiteer (female), black marketeer (female)
speculator (female), stock speculator (female)
темным-темно́
pitch-dark, pitch-black, completely dark
utterly in the dark, completely clueless, total ignorance
нава́ксить
to polish, to black
черножо́пый
wog, black-arse, dirty Caucasian
nigger, black-arse
черножо́пый
black-assed, wog-, towelhead-
печа́тно
in print, in writing, in black and white
черносо́тенец
one of the Black Hundreds, Black-Hundreder
фарцо́вка
black market dealing, speculation
фарцо́вщица
black marketeer (female), spiv (female)
черну́шка
dark-skinned girl, swarthy girl, dark-haired girl
bleak work, grim portrayal, painting everything black
black milk cap
blackening russula
негрито́ска
Negrito woman, black woman
ни́ггер
Nigger, black person
ле́вая рабо́та
moonlighting, black labour (BE), black labor (AE)
Шва́рцвальд
Black Forest
шварцвальдский
(relational) Black Forest
почерне́вший
blackened, darkened, turned black
зачерне́вший
darkened, blackened, having turned black
черне́ющий
blackening, turning black, looming black, appearing black
черне́вший
blackening, darkening, that was turning black, looming dark
чёрное дерево
ebony (black wood)
подби́тый
hit, damaged, knocked out, shot down
bruised, black (of an eye), swollen
черня́щий
blackening, making black
defaming, slandering, disparaging
чёрный
Black, Black man, person of colour
ferrous metal, iron
доска́
board, plank
blackboard, whiteboard
slab, plate
board
о́бморок
faint, fainting fit, blackout, loss of consciousness
дрозд
blackbird
кавка́зец
Caucasian (person from the Caucasus), native of the Caucasus
blackie (person from the Caucasus), wog
шанта́ж
blackmail
чёрненький
blackish, dark, dark-haired, dark-skinned
затемне́ние
darkening, dimming, obscuring
blackout
dark patch, shadow (on an X-ray), opacity
clouding of consciousness, mental blackout
сморо́дина
currant, blackcurrant
currant bush
прыщ
pimple, spot, pustule
blackhead, comedo
задыми́ть
to begin to smoke, to start to give off smoke, to start smoking
to fill with smoke, to smoke up
to blacken with smoke, to cover with soot
копти́ть
to smoke (food), to cure by smoking
to smoke, to give off soot
to blacken with soot, to cover with soot
вымога́тельство
extortion, blackmail
кузне́цкий
blacksmith's, forge's, Kuznetsk
Examples
Чёрные облака проплыва́ли над го́родом.
Black clouds were passing above the city.
Чёрный крольчо́нок вдруг сел и погрустне́л.
Suddenly the little black rabbit sat down, and looked very sad.
При сме́шивании трёх основных цвето́в получа́ется чёрный.
Mixture of the three primary colors creates black.
Если бы ра́зница между порядком и ха́осом, сохране́нием и ги́белью была́ бы така́я же как между высо́кими гора́ми и глубо́кими доли́нами, така́я же как между бе́лой гли́ной и чёрным ла́ком, - му́дрости бы не бы́ло места: глу́пый бы тоже спра́вился.
If the difference between order and chaos or preservation and ruin were the same as that between high mountains and deep valleys, or between white clay and black lacquer, then wisdom would have had no place: stupidity would also have been alright.
Предпочита́ю чёрный.
I prefer the black one.
Некоторые фотогра́фии бы́ли отпечатаны чёрно-белыми.
Some photos were printed in black and white.
Черно-белые фотогра́фии име́ют осо́бую привлека́тельность.
Black and white photos have a special charm.
It's pitch black outside.
Она всегда одева́ется в черное.
She always dresses in black.
Черная маши́на останови́лась рядом с больни́цей.
A black car stopped next to the hospital.
Сти́ли надвига́ться мра́чные ту́чи.
Black clouds began to come up.
Everything was completely black.
Черный я́щик на самом де́ле не черный.
The black box is not actually black.
Бе́лый ферзь на бе́лой кле́тке, черный ферзь на черной кле́тке - э́то мнемони́ческое правило помога́ет в нача́ле ша́хматной па́ртии правильно расста́вить короля́ и ферзя́.
“White queen on a white square, black queen on a black square” - this mnemonic rule helps players correctly position the king and queen at the beginning of a chess game.



















