BÊTE NOIR

Meaning of BÊTE NOIR in English

noun

see bête noire

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

NOIR — noun Etymology: short for film ~ Date: 1980 crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings, film ~ …
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NOIR — I. ˈnwär noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from noir, adjective, black, from Latin niger : the black numbers in …
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BETE — I. ˈbāt adjective Etymology: probably from F. bête, literally, blockhead, beast (in faire la bête to pass in a card …
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BETE — (v. t.) To better; to mend. See Beete.
Английский словарь Webster
BETE — (v. t.) To renew or enkindle (a fire).
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BETE — (v. t.) To mend; to repair.
Английский словарь Webster
BETE — ( v. t. ) To renew or enkindle (a fire).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BETE — ( v. t. ) To mend; to repair.
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BETE — ( v. t. ) To better; to mend. See Beete.
Webster's Revised Unabridged 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
BETE — vt to renew or enkindle (a fire). 2. bete ·vt to mend; to repair. 3. bete ·vt to better; to …
Webster English vocab
NOIR — [ 'nwα: ] ■ noun a genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism, fatalism, and moral ambiguity. Derivatives …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NOIR — [noir] n, often attrib [short for film noir] (1980) 1: crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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
BÊTE — noire [noun] [C] [disapproving] - a person or thing that you particularly dislike or that annoys youMy particular bête noire …
Cambridge English vocab
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.
English Dictionary Of Cooking And Food Terms
BETE — (диалектизм) исправлять, чинить; помогать (диалектизм) разложить (костер); поддерживать (огонь)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOIR — Шварц
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NOIR — Чёрный цвет
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NOIR — Черный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NOIR — Тёмная Башня I: Стрелок
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NOIR — Стрелок
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BETE — = beet 2
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BETE — = beet 2
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BETE — = beet 2
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BETE — (диалектизм) исправлять, чинить; помогать (диалектизм) разложить (костер); поддерживать (огонь)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BÊTE NOIRE — noun also bête noir ˌbetnəˈwär, betˈnw-, -āt-, -wȧ(r ( plural bêtes noires also bêtes noirs -är(z), -ȧz, -ȧ(r) Etymology: French …
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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 …
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ROUGE ET NOIR — ˈrüzhāˈnwär noun Etymology: French, literally, red and black : a gambling game in which two rows of cards are dealt …
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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
ONE'S BÊTE NOIRE — a person or thing that one particularly dislikes. → bête noire
Concise Oxford English vocab
BETE NOIRE — [bete noire] n, pl betes noires [F, lit., black beast] (1844): a person or thing strongly detested or avoided: bugbear
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BETE NOIRE — bete noire, bête noire BrE AmE ˌbeɪt ˈnwɑː ˌbet- AmE ˌbet nə ˈwɑːr ˌbeɪt- —French [ bɛt nwaːʁ ] ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BÊTE NOIRE — bête noire /ˌbet ˈnwɑː $ -ˈnwɑːr/ BrE AmE noun [singular] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: French ; Origin: 'black beast' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
BETE NOIRE — also bête noire If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire , you mean that you have …
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
BEET — noun Etymology: Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin beta Date: before 12th century a biennial garden plant …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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 …
Английский словарь Британика
CÔTE D'IVOIRE — or Ivory Coast officially Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Country, western Africa. Area: 124,504 sq mi (322,463 sq km). Population (2002): …
Английский словарь Британика
BEET — I. ˈbēt, usu -ēd.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from …
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BEAT
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BLACK BEAST — noun Etymology: translation of French bête noire : bête noire
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BÊTISE — bāˈtēz noun ( plural bê·tises -z(ə̇z)) Etymology: French, from bête foolish, from bête blockhead, beast — more at bete 1. …
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BEET — — beetlike , adj. /beet/ , n. 1. any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEET — noun Etymology: Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin beta Date: before 12th century : a biennial garden …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEET — [beet] n [ME bete, fr. OE bete, fr. L beta] (bef. 12c): a biennial garden plant (Beta vulgaris) of the …
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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
GAGNOA — town, southern Cte d'Ivoire. It is the chief collecting point for a forest region that sends coffee, cocoa, and timber …
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DALOA — town, administrative headquarters (since 1969) of Daloa dpartement, west central Cte d'Ivoire, at the intersection of major northsouth and eastwest …
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FILM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a comedy film ▪ They were the most successful comedy films of all time. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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