2006-08-19 02:03:39 · 28 answers · asked by phoebe 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
black
2006-08-19 02:08:00 · answer #1 · answered by dlgrl=me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noir means black in French. There is a genre of film known as film noir, which were dark and somehow sinister.
2006-08-19 09:10:10 · answer #2 · answered by Merries 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As several posters have said, "noir" is French for "black." In addition to "film noir," which was in vogue in the 1940s and 1950s (dark films involving criminals and gangs and a conspicuous element of cynicism), the word has entered English speech and writing in the phrase "bete noire," which literally means "black beast" and by extension means someone or something particularly disliked, as in "X is my 'bete noire'."
2006-08-19 09:23:52 · answer #3 · answered by tirumalai 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Noir is French for black
2006-08-25 13:09:51 · answer #4 · answered by maryc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French word for 'black'. Look for it most often in the 'film noir' context ("a motion picture with an often grim urban setting, photographed in somber tones and permeated by a feeling of disillusionment, pessimism, and despair").
2006-08-26 01:38:14 · answer #5 · answered by Lea A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "black" in French, not new. In English, it's typically used to refer to the cinema genre "film noir" and things derivative of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir
2006-08-19 09:09:18 · answer #6 · answered by Drew 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Black.
In French.
2006-08-19 09:08:06 · answer #7 · answered by no one 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In french,it means black..but if you read it on a chocolate bar,then it means dark chocolate.
2006-08-19 09:10:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Black as one of the two colours of divisions
2006-08-25 19:25:40 · answer #9 · answered by P5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word is French and it means "black" or "gloomy" in a somber way.
2006-08-19 09:09:21 · answer #10 · answered by Molly 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'NOIR' is a French Word, meaning, 'BLACK'!
2006-08-24 19:05:08 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋