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noir

/nwaʁ/

adjective/nwaʁ/

black in colour; dark; drunk; inebriated; black, of black ethnicity

Ce chat est noir.This cat is black.

Inherited from Middle French noir, from Old French noir, neir, from Latin nigrum. Doublet of nègre.

noun, masculine/nwaʁ/plural: noirs

a black person; a person whose hair is dark; dark; darkness

Je suis seul dans le noir.I'm alone in the dark.

Inherited from Middle French noir, from Old French noir, neir, from Latin nigrum. Doublet of nègre.