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noir

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English

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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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[1], →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).

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Noun

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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[2]:
      Several noirs, including “Raw Deal,” have been set here.

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French

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

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Adjective

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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

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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

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Descendants

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

See also

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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

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Etymology

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From Old French noir, neir.

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Noun

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noir m (uncountable)

  1. black

Adjective

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

  1. black

Descendants

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

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin nigrum.

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Noun

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

  1. black (colour)

Adjective

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noir m (feminine noire)

  1. black; having a black color

Descendants

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