noir

Adj

1. black in colour
2. dark
3. drunk; inebriated
4. black, of black ethnicity

Noun

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nwaʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: noir

Inherited from Old French: noir

Inherited from Latin: niger

In summary

Inherited from Middle French noir, from Old French noir, neir, from Latin nigrum. Doublet of nègre.

Concepts

black

dark

darkness

negro

Negro

blackness

black person

sinister

total darkness

very black

lightlessness

black one

fateful

darken

Black

make black

fatal

sable

dim

dirty

disastrous

disgraceful

drunkard

fool

gloom

grim

ignominious

inglorious

inkiness

lush

mordant

murky

opaque

opprobrious

pitch black

pitch-black

pitch-dark

red

shameful

smuggled

smutty

somber

sot

toasted

trashed

become black

melanise

melanize

Negroid

nigrify

Synonyms

sombre

foncé

nègre

noire

obscurité

obscur

très noir

contrebande

désastreux

fatal

honteux

ivrogne

longue

mince

noirceur

noircir

nuageux

☁️

nuit

🌃

obscure

ombre

petit

poisson

🐟

serpent

🐍

ténèbre

africain

calamiteux

devenir noir

galeux

ignominieux

pochard

poivrot

s’assombrir

se noircir

soûlard

ténèbres

personne noire

Black

ablette

de couleur noire

achromatique

alcoolique

brun

buveur

chenille

🐛

comestible

Translations

negro

nero

negre

zwart

schwarz

negro

czarny

preto

siyah

niger

kara

μαύρος

أسود

Schwarz

ater

Sentences

Le chat noir se promène sur le balcon en plein soleil .

The black cat walks on the balcony in full sun.

Son trait est gris , noir , bleu foncé ou gris de plomb .

Its line is grey, black, dark blue or lead grey.

Le bec est crochu et noir .

The beak is hooked and black.

Le bec est noir , les pattes sont rouge et l'iris est de couleur jaune .

The beak is black, the legs are red and the iris is yellow.

Son ventre est tacheté de brun foncé ou de noir .

Its belly is spotted with dark brown or black.

Porthos se réfugia dans le second compartiment qui était absolument noir .

Porthos took refuge in the second compartment, which was absolutely black.