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English

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Etymology

Shortened from film noir, and from French noir. Doublet of negro.

Pronunciation

Adjective

noir (comparative more noir, superlative most noir)

  1. (film, television) 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, 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 (countable and uncountable, plural noirs)

  1. (film and television, uncountable) Film noir.
  2. (film and television, countable) A production in the style of film noir.
    • 2007 January 29, Wendell Jamieson, “Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt, Nights Are Noir in Fog City”, in New York Times‎:
      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

Inherited from Middle French noir, from Old French noir, neir, from Latin nigrum. Doublet of nègre.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. black in colour
    Ce chat est noir. ― This cat is black.
  2. dark
    Il fait encore noir dehors. ― It is still dark outside.
  3. drunk; inebriated
    Il est noir. ― He is drunk.
  4. 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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: nwa
  • Karipúna Creole French: nué, nég

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir
             rouge; cramoisi, carmin              orange; brun, marron              jaune; crème
             lime              vert              menthe
             cyan, turquoise; bleu canard              azur, bleu ciel              bleu
             violet, lilas; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French noir, neir.

Pronunciation

Noun

noir m (uncountable)

  1. black

Adjective

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

  1. black

Descendants

  • French: noir, Noir (for the noun with the sense "black person")
    • Haitian Creole: nwa
    • Karipúna Creole French: nué, nég

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin nigrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. black (colour)

Adjective

noir m (oblique and nominative feminine singular noire)

  1. black; having a black color

Descendants

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