noir

== English == === Etymology === Shortened from film noir, and from French noir. Doublet of negro. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnwɑː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈnwɑɹ/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) === Adjective === noir (comparative more noir, superlative most noir) (film, television) Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === noir (countable and uncountable, plural noirs) (film and television, uncountable) Film noir. (film and television, countable) A production in the style of film noir. === Anagrams === Iron, Orin, RINO, Rion, inro, inrō, iron, nori, roin == 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 === IPA(key): /nwaʁ/ Rhymes: -waʁ Homophones: noirs, noire, noires === Adjective === noir (feminine noire, masculine plural noirs, feminine plural noires) black in colour Ce chat est noir. ― This cat is black. dark Il fait encore noir dehors. ― It is still dark outside. drunk; inebriated Il est noir. ― He is drunk. black, of black ethnicity Il est noir. ― He is black. === Noun === noir m (plural noirs, feminine noire) a black person a person whose hair is dark dark; darkness Je suis seul dans le noir. ― I'm alone in the dark. === Derived terms === === Related terms === noircir noirceur === Descendants === Haitian Creole: nwa Karipúna Creole French: nué, nég === See also === film noir === Further reading === “noir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French noir, neir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnwɛr/ === Noun === noir m (uncountable) black === Adjective === noir m (feminine singular noire, masculine plural noirs, feminine plural noires) black ==== Descendants ==== French: noir, Noir (for the noun with the sense "black person")Haitian Creole: nwaKaripúna Creole French: nué, nég == Old French == === Alternative forms === neir === Etymology === From Latin nigrum. === Pronunciation === (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈnei̯ɾ/ (classical) IPA(key): /ˈnoi̯ɾ/, (northern) /ˈnei̯ɾ/ === Noun === noir oblique singular, m (oblique plural noirs, nominative singular noirs, nominative plural noir) black (colour) === Adjective === noir m (oblique and nominative feminine singular noire) black; having a black color ==== Descendants ==== Champenois: nor Middle French: noir (see there for further descendants) Norman: nièr, né, naer, nei Walloon: noer