different between noir vs noirs

English

Etymology

Shortened from film noir, and from French noir. Doublet of negro.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?nw??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?nw??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

noir (comparative more noir, superlative most noir)

1. (film, television) Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre

Derived terms

• neo-noir
• noirish

Noun

noir (countable and uncountable, plural noirs)

1. (film and television, uncountable) Film noir.
2. (film and television, countable) A production in the style of film noir.

Anagrams

• Iron, Orin, RINO, Rion, inro, inr?, iron, nori, roin

French

Alternative forms

• Noir (for the noun with the sense "black person")

Etymology

From Middle French noir, from Old French noir, neir, from Latin nigrum, accusative of niger. Doublet of nègre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nwa?/
• Rhymes: -wa?

Adjective

noir (feminine singular noire, masculine plural noirs, feminine plural noires)

1. black in colour.

2. drunk; inebriated.

3. black, of black ethnicity

Noun

noir m (plural noirs, feminine noire)

1. a black person
2. a person whose hair is dark
3. dark; darkness

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• noircir
• noirceur

See also

• film noir

Further reading

• “noir” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French noir, neir.

Noun

noir m (uncountable)

1. black

Adjective

noir m (feminine singular noire, masculine plural noirs, feminine plural noires)

1. black

Descendants

• French: noir

Old French

Alternative forms

• neir

Etymology

From earlier neir, from Latin nigrum, accusative of niger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?noi?r/

Noun

noir m (oblique plural noirs, nominative singular noirs, nominative plural noir)

1. black (color)

Adjective

noir m (oblique and nominative feminine singular noire)

1. black; having a black color

Descendants

• Middle French: noir
  • French: noir
• Walloon: noer

English

Noun

noirs

1. plural of noir

Anagrams

• Irons, Orins, RINOs, Rison, Rosin, Sinor, inros, irons, noris, ornis, roins, rosin, siron

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?
• Rhymes: -wa?

Noun

noirs m

1. plural of noir

Anagrams

• irons
• rions