noir

[ nwar ]

adjective

, French.

1. black; noting the black numbers in roulette.

noir

/ nwɑː /

adjective

1. (of a film) showing characteristics of a film noir , in plot or style

Example Sentences

There were only a few people outside at first and I felt like I was in some type of bad film noir, a Black man wearing an old trench coat in the rain as his country succumbs to fascism is walking to one of the headquarters of the elected dictator.

From Salon

Ultimately, Vance left followers with a message from Anton Chigurh, a hitman in Cormac McCarthy’s bloody borderlands noir “No Country for Old Men.”

From Salon

Phil are up against Marin Alsop and ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra for Adams’ “City Noir,” which was commissioned by the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Gomez’s spikiness feels like an asset the movies should be fostering and Gascón’s sensually charged portrayal wouldn’t be out of place anchoring a classic Hollywood woman’s noir.

From Los Angeles Times

I’m gonna get the French onion soup and I’m gonna get a glass of Pinot Noir, and me and my boyfriend are gonna talk, hang out.

From Los Angeles Times