Noir definition

nwär

Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings.

adjective

Suggestive of danger or violence.

adjective

Of or relating to the film noir genre.

adjective

noun

Fiction in which mood, plot, etc. are like those of film noir.

noun

Noir is French for black and is a type of fiction or a film that has tough characters and is cynical, bleak and pessimistic in nature.

An example of noir is the film Citizen Kane.

noun

(film and TV) A production in the style of film noir.

noun

(film, TV) Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre.

adjective

Of or characteristic of noir or film noir.

adjective

Other Word Forms

Singular:

noir

Plural:

noirs

Base Form:

noir

Superlative:

noirest

Short for film noir Sense 2, short for French roman noir black novel

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From film noir and French noir

From Wiktionary