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noir

/ˈnwɑː/ UK
/ˈnwɑɹ/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

adjective more noir · 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).

noun noirs

uncountable Film noir.
countable A production in the style of film noir. Several noirs, including “Raw Deal,” have been set here.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: screenwriter, scriptwriter, writer, chat, bete, dark, black, pitch-black, darkness, noyer, mule, rouge, halibut, noire, nolanesque, neorealist

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@misc{noir_2026,
  title = {noir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/noir},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}