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Noir

Noir

See also: noir

French

Noun

Noir m (plural Noirs, feminine Noire)

  1. black (person)

noir

noir

See also: Noir

English

Adjective

noir (comparative more noir, superlative most noir)

  1. (film, TV) Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
    • 2008, Jerold J. Abrams & Elizabeth Cooke, “Detection and the Logic of Abduction in The X-Files”, in The Philosophy of TV Noir, ISBN 0813124492, page 182:
      As a neo-Sherlock Holmes, however, Mulder is also a very noir version of the classic detective (just as Scully is a very noir Watson).

Derived terms

Noun

noir (plural noirs)

  1. (film and TV) A production in the style of film noir
    • 2007, January 29, “Wendell Jamieson”, in Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt, Nights Are Noir in Fog City:
      Several noirs, including “Raw Deal,” have been set here.

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French

Alternative forms

  • Noir (for the noun with the sense "black person")

Etymology

From Middle French noir, from Old French noir, neir, from Latin nigrum, accusative of niger. Doublet of nègre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nwaʁ/
  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Adjective

noir m (feminine singular noire, masculine plural noirs, feminine plural noires)

  1. black in colour.
    Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black.
  2. drunk; inebriated.
    Il est noir. - He is drunk.
  3. black, of black ethnicity
    Il est noir. - He is black.

Noun

noir m (plural noirs, feminine noire)

  1. a black person
  2. a person whose hair is dark
  3. dark; darkness
    Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark.

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Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     rouge      vert      jaune      crème      blanc
     cramoisi      magenta      bleu canard      vert citron      rose
     indigo      bleu      orange      gris      violet
     noir      pourpre      brun      azur      cyan

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French noir, neir.

Noun

noir m (uncountable)

  1. black

Adjective

noir m (feminine singular noire, masculine plural noirs, feminine plural noires)

  1. black

Descendants


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier neir, from Latin nigrum, accusative of niger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nojr/

Noun

noir m (oblique plural noirs, nominative singular noirs, nominative plural noir)

  1. black (color)

Adjective

noir m (oblique and nominative feminine singular noire)

  1. black; having a black color

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