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ténèbre

French → English

noun//te.nɛbʁ//

(atmosphere) Deep darkness: a state of intense lack of light, often used poetically to suggest gloom; murk

La ténèbre était opaque et rien ne troublait le bourdonnement du dégel.

(English) The darkness was opaque and nothing disturbed the buzzing of the thaw.

Il sentit le sourire de son amie plus qu’il ne le vit dans la ténèbre de la chambre.

(English) He felt his friend's smile more than he saw it in the darkness of the room.

Entry ID: fr:en:ténèbre · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary