FAMILLE NOIRE

Meaning of FAMILLE NOIRE in English

-mēnˌwär, -mēnəˈwär noun

Etymology: French, literally, black family

: Chinese porcelain the decoration of which has a black background

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

NOIRE — adj. black (French)
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FAMILLE — [ fa'mi: ] ■ noun Chinese enamelled porcelain of particular periods in the 17th and 18th centuries with a specified …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FAMILLE — n. a Chinese enamelled porcelain with a predominant colour: (famille jaune) yellow, (famille noire) black, (famille rose) red, (famille verte) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FAMILLE — n. a Chinese enamelled porcelain with a predominant colour: (famille jaune) yellow, (famille noire) black, (famille rose) red, (famille verte) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FAMILLE — n. a Chinese enamelled porcelain with a predominant colour: (famille jaune) yellow, (famille noire) black, (famille rose) red, (famille verte) …
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NOIRE — adj. черный
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NOIRE — adj. черный
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POINTE-NOIRE AERODROME — Airport Name : Pointe-Noire Aerodrome Airport Location : Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo IATA Code : PNR ICAO Code : …
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POINTE-NOIRE — geographical name city & port SW Republic of the Congo on the Atlantic population 576,206; formerly capital of Middle Congo
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FAMILLE VERTE — noun Etymology: French, literally, green family Date: 1872 Chinese porcelain in the decoration of which green predominates
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FAMILLE ROSE — noun Etymology: French, literally, rose family Date: circa 1898 Chinese porcelain in the decoration of which a rose color predominates
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EN FAMILLE — foreign term Etymology: French in or with one's family ; at home ; informally
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BÊTE NOIRE — noun (plural bêtes noires) Etymology: French, literally, black beast Date: 1828 a person or thing strongly detested or avoided ; …
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POINTE-NOIRE — City (pop., 1992 est.: 576,206) and port, southwestern Republic of the Congo. It was the capital (1950–58) of the Middle …
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FAMILLE VERTE — -mēˈve(ə)rt noun Etymology: French, literally, green family : Chinese porcelain in the decoration of which green predominates
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FAMILLE ROSE — -mēˈrōz noun Etymology: French, literally, pink family : Chinese porcelain in the decoration of which a rose color predominates
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FAMILLE JAUNE — fəˌmēˈzhōn noun Etymology: French, literally, yellow family : Chinese porcelain the decoration of which has a rich yellow background
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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 …
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EN FAMILLE — /ahonn fann mee"yeu/ , French. in or with the family; at home: to dine en famille.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EN FAMILLE — foreign term Etymology: French : in or with one's family : at home : informally
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FAMILLE VERTE — noun Etymology: French, literally, green family Date: 1872 : Chinese porcelain in the decoration of which green predominates
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FAMILLE ROSE — noun Etymology: French, literally, rose family Date: circa 1898 : Chinese porcelain in the decoration of which a rose color …
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ONE'S BÊTE NOIRE — a person or thing that one particularly dislikes. → bête noire
Concise Oxford English vocab
EN FAMILLE — [ ɒ~ fa'mi: \] ■ adverb with one's family. ↘as or like a family; informally. Origin Fr., lit. 'in family'.
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FAMILLE VERTE — [fa.mille verte] n [F, lit., green family] (1872): Chinese porcelain in the decoration of which green predominates
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FAMILLE ROSE — [fa.mille rose] n [F, lit., rose family] (ca. 1898): Chinese porcelain in the decoration of which a rose color predominates
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EN FAMILLE — [en fa.mille] [F] foreign term : in or with one's family: at home: informally
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BETE NOIRE — [bete noire] n, pl betes noires [F, lit., black beast] (1844): a person or thing strongly detested or avoided: bugbear
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FAMILLE VERTE — (French: green family), group of Chinese porcelain wares made during the K'ang-hsi period (16611722) of the Ch'ing dynasty and characterized …
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FAMILLE ROSE — (French: rose family), group of Chinese porcelain wares, especially developed during the reign of Yung-cheng (172235) in the Ch'ing dynasty, …
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POINTE-NOIRE — town (commune), principal port of Congo (Brazzaville). It lies at the Atlantic coastal terminus of the Congo-Ocean Railway, 95 miles …
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FAMILLE, PACTE DE — English Family Compact any of three defensive alliances (1733, 1743, and 1761) between France and Spain, so called because both …
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EN FAMILLE — en famille BrE AmE ˌɒ̃ fæ ˈmiː ˌɒn-, ˌɑːn- AmE ˌɑːn fə- —French [ ɑ̃ fa mij \]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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
BÊTE NOIRE — see bete noire
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
BETE NOIRE — Note: in AM and sometimes in BRIT, use 'bete noire' If you refer to someone or something as your ~, …
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PNR — Airport Name : Pointe-Noire Aerodrome Airport Location : Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo IATA Code : PNR ICAO Code : …
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FCPP — Airport Name : Pointe-Noire Aerodrome Airport Location : Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo IATA Code : PNR ICAO Code : …
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BLACK BEAST — noun Date: 1862 bete noire
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BRAZZAVILLE — River port (pop., 1992 est.: 937,579), capital of Republic of the Congo. Lying on the north bank of the Congo …
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BANGUI — City (pop., 1995: 553,000), capital of the Central African Republic. A major port on the Ubangi River , it is …
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BÊTE NOIR — noun see bête noire
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BLACK BEAST — noun Etymology: translation of French bête noire : bête noire
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EGGSHELL PORCELAIN — also called Tan-p'i Bodiless, or T'o T'ai, Ware, Chinese porcelain whose body is excessively thin under the glaze and often …
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DRAME BOURGEOIS — type of play that enjoyed brief popularity in France in the late 18th century. Written for and about the middle …
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SENEGAL — officially Republic of Senegal, French Rpublique du Sngal, country located at the western extremity of Africa's tropical zone. It has …
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ROUEN WARE — faience (tin-glazed earthenware) and porcelain wares that made Rouen, Fr., a major pottery centre. In the 16th century faience was …
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RORSTRAND FAIENCE — first faience (tin-glazed earthenware) produced in Sweden, at the Rrstrand factory established in 1725 by a Dane, Johann Wolff, near …
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NKAYI — formerly Jacob, town (commune), southwestern Congo. It lies west of the capital, Brazzaville, and northeast of the port of Pointe-Noire, …
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LOUBOMO — formerly Dolisie, commune (town), southern Congo (Brazzaville), and an important transport centre for western Congo (Kinshasa) and southern Gabon. It …
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DUTCH WARE — principally tin-enameled earthenware, with some porcelain, manufactured in the Netherlands since the end of the 16th century. The earliest pottery …
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CONGO RIVER — The Congo River basin and its drainage network. also called Zaire River, river in west-central Africa. With a length of …
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CH'ING DYNASTY — Pinyin Qing, also called Manchu Dynasty (1644-1911/12), the last of the Imperial dynasties of China. Under the Ch'ing the territory …
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BÊTE — noire [noun] [C] [disapproving] - a person or thing that you particularly dislike or that annoys youMy particular bête noire …
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