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The French word for black is
noir





black

Plural

The plural of noir is noirs.

French Definition


black
     1. adj. Noir.
     2. adj. Illégitime, illégal.
     3. adj. Mauvais, maudit.
     4. adj. Secret, clandestin.
     5. n. Noir (couleur).
     6. n. Noir, Noire (personne).
     7. v. Noircir.
     8. v. Cirer avec du cirage noir.



Translations for black and their definitions

Noir
     1. n-m. black (person)
     2. adj. black in colour
           Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black.
     3. adj. dark
           Il fait encore noir dehors. - It is still dark outside.
     4. adj. drunk; inebriated
           Il est noir. - He is drunk.
     5. adj. black, of black ethnicity
           Il est noir. - He is black.
     6. n-m. a black person
     7. n-m. a person whose hair is dark
     8. n-m. dark; darkness
           Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark.


noir de monde
     1. adj. (figuratively) black, heaving, packed, crammed, overcrowded


Noir
     1. n-m. black (person)
     2. adj. black in colour
           Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black.
     3. adj. dark
           Il fait encore noir dehors. - It is still dark outside.
     4. adj. drunk; inebriated
           Il est noir. - He is drunk.
     5. adj. black, of black ethnicity
           Il est noir. - He is black.
     6. n-m. a black person
     7. n-m. a person whose hair is dark
     8. n-m. dark; darkness
           Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark.


Noire
     1. n-f. female equivalent of Noir
     2. adj. feminine singular of noir
     3. n-f. (music) quarter note


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