noir

[nwar] /nwar/

adjective, French.

black; noting the black numbers in roulette.

Compare rouge.

Examples from the web for noir

The new genre is yet to be defined, but its sombre protagonists would fit better in a noir drama than in a burlesque.
Naturally, her hand-wringing only ratified the city's noir glamour.
Welcome to the heartland noir of a dangerous autumn.
His photographs have been compared to film noir, with their intense focus on the mental state of their protagonists.
Dah-ling, my looks in the realm of the noir are only realistically measured in megatons.
Incredible illustrations and a style that is about as noir as it gets.
In a sense, he's got all of film noir on his shoulders.
He was a jazzier kind of noir, and would go on to a long, lively career in film and television.
It's vintage-looking and cozy, and shows independent films and cinema noir.

British Dictionary definitions for noir

/nwɑː/

adjective

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

Related Abbreviations for noir

film noir