2007-02-22 15:20:26 · 18 answers · asked by baby_blue_iiis 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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1. Of or relating to the film noir genre.
2. Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings.
3. Suggestive of danger or violence.
2007-02-22 15:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by mallimalar_2000 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Noir-Black
2016-05-24 01:03:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noir is the french word for "black", is often used in English as a description of something dark.
2007-02-22 15:23:01 · answer #3 · answered by Tiger by the Tail 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A film noir is a type of motion picture, popular in the 1940s and 1950s, often filmed in urban settings with extensive use of shadows, cynical in outlook, and featuring antiheroes. Noir, the adjective, means "typical or characteristic of film noir."
2007-02-22 15:24:10 · answer #4 · answered by feral_black_gryphon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black.
For instance, In the movie Terminator, the club that Sarah Connor ducks into to try and avoid the man sent back to help her, is called "Tech Noir" -"Black Tech" which, is exactly what the film Terminator was, a "Tech Noir" movie. Cool, huh?
2007-02-22 15:24:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of or relating to the film noir genre.
Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings.
Suggestive of danger or violence.
2007-02-22 15:24:49 · answer #6 · answered by Andrea 14369 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In french it does mean black, but in English, it means a Shadowy genre of crime film popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
2007-02-22 15:23:35 · answer #7 · answered by otingocniindisguise 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
done or made in a style that is characteristic of film noir
2007-02-22 15:23:46 · answer #8 · answered by 1tuffcookie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a French word meaning "black".
2007-02-24 00:47:49 · answer #9 · answered by Bharat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is French for "black".
2007-02-22 15:22:05 · answer #10 · answered by neniaf 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋