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noir en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈnwɑː/ (UK)
• /ˈnwɑɹ/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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:

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Deriveds

cabinet noir · pinot noir · Scandinavian noir · Scandi-noir · cybernoir · Nordic noir · tech noir · retro-noir · tartan noir · rouge et noir · noirish · neo-noir

noir en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈnwɑː/ (UK)
• /ˈnwɑɹ/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Film noir.
2. (countable) A production in the style of film noir.
   • Several noirs, including “Raw Deal,” have been set here. 2007 January 29, Wendell Jamieson, “Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt, Nights Are Noir in Fog City”, in New York Times:

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