NOIR

Meaning of NOIR in English

[ 'nwα: ]

■ noun a genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism, fatalism, and moral ambiguity.

Derivatives

~ish adjective

Origin

1970s: from film ~ .

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NOIR — noun Etymology: short for film ~ Date: 1980 crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings, film ~ …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NOIR — I. ˈnwär noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from noir, adjective, black, from Latin niger : the black numbers in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOIR — /nwannrdd/ , adj. French. black; noting the black numbers in roulette. Cf. rouge .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOIR — adj. black (French); dark, shady
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NOIR — noun Etymology: short for film noir Date: 1980 1. : crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOIR — [noir] n, often attrib [short for film noir] (1980) 1: crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings …
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NOIR — noir BrE AmE nwɑː AmE nwɑːr —French [ nwaːʁ \]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NOIR — noir BrE AmE ⇨ ↑ film noir
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOIR — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES film noir
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NOIR — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
NOIR — adj. Noir is used with these nouns: ↑ thriller
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NOIR — Usually refers to the classic black and white film noir style used in detective mysteries, typically employing hard lighting and …
Film and Video English vocabulary
NOIR — (French) Black.
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NOIR — Шварц
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NOIR — Чёрный цвет
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NOIR — Черный
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NOIR — Тёмная Башня I: Стрелок
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NOIR — Стрелок
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NOIR — adj. beurre noir cafe noir café noir film noir films noir pinot noir
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NOIR — adj. Pronunciation: ' nwär Function: noun Etymology: short for film noir Date: 1980 1 : crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical …
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FILM NOIR — noun (plural ~s or films noir or films noirs) Etymology: French, literally, black film Date: 1958 a type of crime …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FILM NOIR — noun ( plural films noir or films noirs ) Etymology: French, literally, black film : a type of crime film …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROUGE ET NOIR — ˈrüzhāˈnwär noun Etymology: French, literally, red and black : a gambling game in which two rows of cards are dealt …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINOT NOIR — /pee"noh nwahr", pee noh"/ ; Fr. /pee noh nwannrdd"/ . See under Pinot (def. 2). Also, pinot noir . [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FILM NOIR — ( films noir) Film noir refers to a type of film or a style of film-making which shows the world …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FILM NOIR — (films noir) Film noir refers to a type of film or a style of film-making which shows the world as …
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FILM NOIR — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But, significantly, Softley brings in, as the plot encourages, stylistic elements of film noir . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PREMINGER, OTTO (LUDWIG) — born Dec. 5, 1906, Vienna, Austria died April 23, 1986, New York, N.Y., U.S. Austrian-born U.S. film director. While studying …
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BÊTE NOIRE — noun also bête noir ˌbetnəˈwär, betˈnw-, -āt-, -wȧ(r ( plural bêtes noires also bêtes noirs -är(z), -ȧz, -ȧ(r) Etymology: French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Britannica English vocabulary
TRENTE ET QUARANTE — ((French: Thirty and Forty), ) also called Rouge Et Noir (Red and Black), French card game played at Monte- Carlo …
Britannica English vocabulary
FILM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a comedy film ▪ They were the most successful comedy films of all time. …
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