Adjective: noir
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | noir |
| Singular f. | noire |
| Plural m. | noirs |
| Plural f. | noires |
Sample Sentences
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Ce chat est noir. (This cat is black.)
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Il fait encore noir dehors. (It is still dark outside.)
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Il est noir. (He is drunk.)
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Il est noir. (He is black.)
Adjectives inflected like noir
indifférent,
cohérent,
aspérifolié,
serein,
seyant,
second,
babillard,
savant,
satané,
satiné,
saturé,
défraîchi,
spaghettifié,
saoudi,
salaud,
salant,
sciant,
schleu,
évanescent,
écartelé, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French noir, from Old French noir, neir, from Latin nigrum. Doublet of nègre. See: Latin Adjectives '
niger'.
Verbs referencing "noir"
English Adjectives
noir.
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