black eye

See also: blackeye

English

A black eye.

Noun

black eye (plural black eyes)

An eye which has been bruised showing noticeable hematoma, especially after receiving a blow.
Synonym: shiner
- 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎:
  "You got a black eye out of him, and that's for publication. We can't have this reign of terror, Mr. Malone."
(figurative) A defeat.
(figurative) Damage to a reputation.
(dated) An eye having a dark iris, regarded as a point of beauty.

Translations

bruised eye

Arabic: عَيْن سَوْدَاء‎ f (ʿayn sawdāʾ)
Armenian: կապտած աչք (kaptac ačʿkʿ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑眼圈 (zh) (hēiyǎnquān), 熊猫眼 (zh) (xióngmāoyǎn)
Czech: monokl (cs) m
Danish: blåt øje, sæbeøje n
Dutch: blauw oog n
Esperanto: subokula bluaĵo
Faroese: blátt eyga n
Finnish: musta silmä (fi)
French: cocard (fr) m, mélanobutyrophtalmie f, œil au beurre noir (fr) m (literally “black butter eye”), œil poché (fr) m
German: blaues Auge n (literally “blue eye”), Veilchen (de) n (literally “violet”) (colloquial)
Greek: μαύρο μάτι n (mávro máti)
Ancient Greek: ὑπώπιον n (hupṓpion)
Hebrew: פנס‎ (he) m (panás)
Hungarian: monokli (hu)
Icelandic: glóðarauga (is) n (literally “embers eye”)
Irish: súil dhubh f
Japanese: パンダ目 (パンダめ, pandame)
Latvian: zila acs f
Norman: yi pochi m
Norwegian: blått øye n, blåveis (no) m
Polish: podbite oko, limo (pl), podkowa (pl) f
Portuguese: olho roxo m (literally “purple eye”)
Romanian: ochi vânăt m
Russian: синя́к под гла́зом m (sinják pod glázom), подби́тый глаз m (podbítyj glaz), (colloquial) финга́л (ru) m (fingál), (colloquial) фона́рь (ru) m (fonárʹ), (colloquial) бланш (ru) m (blanš)
Spanish: ojo morado m (literally “purple eye”), ojo a la funerala m (literally “funeral eye”) (colloquial), moratón (es) m
Swedish: blått öga (literally “blue eye”), blåtira (sv) c
Tagalog: pasa sa mata
Turkish: morarmış göz
Ukrainian: сине́ць під о́ком m (synécʹ pid ókom), підби́те о́ко n (pidbýte óko)

defeat

damage to a reputation

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