HOW TO PRONOUNCE
noir
/ˈnwɑɹ/
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What does noir mean?
adjective
- Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
noun
- Film noir.
- A production in the style of film noir.
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IPA pronunciation
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When she is at the Rouge et Noir table a larger crowd than usual is collected to witness her operation.
Then was written, in rough bold characters, the words, “Le Noir Faineant”.
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He carried himself grandly, and was elegantly clad in a frac noir.
It is noticeable that European Continental fashions prevail generally in this city,--French cooking, lunch at noon, and dinner at the end of the day, with café noir after meals, and to a great extent the European Sunday,--to all which emigrants from the United States and Great Britain seem to adapt themselves.