obscur

Borrowed from Latin obscūrus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [upsˈkur]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [opsˈkur]

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obscur (feminine obscura, masculine plural obscurs, feminine plural obscures)

1. dark (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

   Synonym: fosc

   Antonym: clar

2. obscure (difficult to understand)

• obscurament
• obscurir

• obscuritat

• “obscur”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “obscur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “obscur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “obscur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Middle French obscur, from Old French oscur, from Latin obscurus. The -b- through learned relatinisation in Middle French.

• IPA^(key): /ɔp.skyʁ/

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obscur (feminine obscure, masculine plural obscurs, feminine plural obscures)

1. obscure (dark, faint or indistinct)

• côté obscur de la force
• obscurément
• obscurité

• → Romanian: obscur

• “obscur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

obscur (comparative plus obscur, superlative le plus obscur)

1. dark

• clar

Inherited from Old French oscur, with the b added back to reflect the original Latin obscurus.

obscur m (feminine singular obscure, masculine plural obscurs, feminine plural obscures)

1. dark (lacking light)

• French: obscur

Borrowed from French obscur, from Latin obscurus.

• IPA^(key): /obˈskur/

obscur m or n (feminine singular obscură, masculine plural obscuri, feminine and neuter plural obscure)

1. obscure; dark

• obscuritate