noir
French
adj
Definitions
- black in colour.
- drunk; inebriated.
- black, of black ethnicity
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French noir inherited from Old French noir inherited from Latin nigrum (black).
Origin
Latin
nigrum
Gloss
black
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
黒
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- misogynoir English
- neo-noir English
- noir English
- noirish English
- transmisogynoir English
- galerum nigrum Latin
- niger Latin
- nigrum Latin
- negro Italian
- nero Italian
- antinoir French
- noirceur French
- noirâtre French
- outre French
- outrenoir French
- thé French
- thé noir French
- vendredi French
- vendredi noir French
- negro Spanish, Castilian
- *nókʷts Proto-Indo-European
- negro Portuguese
- neir Old French
- noir Old French
- noirsure Old French
- negru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nièr Norman
- noir Middle French
- negro Old Portuguese
- negru Aromanian
- nair Romansh
- ner Romansh
- negru Asturian
- neri Friulian
- negre Old Occitan
- nìuru Sicilian
- néigro Ligurian
- nwa Haitian, Haitian Creole
- nwar Mauritian Creole
- noer Walloon
- nìgaro Istriot
- nwar Seychellois Creole
- nêr Franco-Provençal
- naïr Gallo
- negru Istro-Romanian
- negru Megleno-Romanian