noir

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.3 Noun 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Adjective 2.4 Noun 2.5 Derived terms 2.6 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From film noir and French noir

[edit] Adjective

noir (comparative more noir, superlative most noir)

1. (cinematography, 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^[1], 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).

[edit] Derived terms

• noirish

[edit] Noun

noir (plural noirs)

1. (cinematography and TV) 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”, New York Times:

     Several noirs, including “Raw Deal,” have been set here.

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Etymology

From an earlier neir from Latin niger

[edit] Adjective

noir m., noire f.

1. black in color.

   Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black.

2. drunk; inebriated.

   Il est noir. - He is drunk.

3. dark brown in skin color; having much melanin in the skin.

   Il est noir. - He is black.

The color black:

[edit] Noun

noir m. (plural noirs) (feminine noire)

1. (Noire) A person whose skin is dark.
2. A person whose hair is dark.
3. dark

   Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark.

[edit] Derived terms

• noir de monde full of people
• une nuit noire a night with little moonlight

[edit] See also

• film noir