noir
/ˈnwɑː/US/ˈnwɑɹ/
noir adjective: of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre.
Adjective
noir (comparative more noir, superlative most noir)
- Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
- As a neo-Sherlock Holmes, however, Mulder is also a very noir version of the classic detective (just as Scully is a very noir Watson).2008, Jerold J. Abrams, Elizabeth Cooke, “Detection and the Logic of Abduction in The X-Files”, in The Philosophy of TV Noir, →ISBN, page 182
Noun
noir (countable and uncountable, plural noirs)
noir meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
noir in Hindi
- नोइर, नोयर
noir in Tamil
- நொயர்
noir in Marathi
- नोइर, नोअर, नॉयर
noir in Urdu
- نوائر, نوئر
More languagesFewer languages
- noir in Bengali
- নোয়ার
- noir in Telugu
- నోయిర్
- noir in Malayalam
- നോയിർ, നോയർ, നൊയർ
- noir in Kannada
- ನೊಯಿರ್, ನೋಯಿರ್
- noir in Punjabi
- ਨੋਇਰ
- noir in Gujarati
- નોઇર, નોઈર, નોયર
- noir in Odia
- ନୋଇର, ନୋଇର୍
- noir in Nepali
- नोइर, नोयर, नोइयर
Examples of noir in a sentence
- And because game and mushrooms are back on the menu, that calls for pinot noir.
- Or was that noir turt simply squeezing your powerful neck too hard?
- He praised Mitchum, always his favorite actor and interview, whose worldweariness was the lost soul of noir.
Forms of noir
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more noir |
| superlative | most noir |
| Noun | |
| plural | noirs |
Origin of noir
Shortened from film noir, and from French noir. Doublet of negro.
Words formed from noir
Phrases with noir
Words that rhyme with noir
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- water bar
- char
- tar
- var
- AAR
- bazaar
- caviar
- lodestar
- Mullingar
- Myanmar
- scar
- ajar
- arr
- barre
- boudoir
- cigar
- cymar
- czar
- disbar
- gar
- guitar
- haar
- instar
- lar
- Loire
- NPR
- omar
- schwar
- their
- tl;dr
- tsar
- TTR
- upbar
- USSR
- yar
- -dar
- AGR
- alcazar
- armoire
- au revoir
- bahar
- baignoire
- Bashar
- beaux-arts
- beer bar
- Berger Picard
- Bihar
- bête noire
Questions about noir
- What does noir mean?
- Noir means of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre.
- What is noir in Hindi?
- Noir in Hindi is नोइर, नोयर. See Noir meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is noir?
- Noir can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce noir?
- Noir is pronounced /ˈnwɑː/ (UK).
Words near noir in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: noir (page history and authors); noir (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); noir (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); noir (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); noir (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); noir (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); noir (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); noir (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); noir (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); noir (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); noir (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); noir (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); noir (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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