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Is noir a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word noir is a Scrabble US word. The word noir is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is noir a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word noir is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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4-letter words (5 found)

INRO,IRON,NOIR,NORI,ROIN,

3-letter words (3 found)

ION,NOR,RIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

IN,IO,NO,OI,ON,OR,

You can make 14 words from noir according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of noir

noir onir nior inor oinr ionr nori onri nroi rnoi orni roni niro inro nrio rnio irno rino oirn iorn orin roin iron rion

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Definitions and meaning of noir

noir

Etymology

Shortened from film noir, and from French noir. Doublet of negro.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnwɑː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnwɑɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Adjective

noir (comparative more noir, superlative most noir)

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

Derived terms

Noun

noir (countable and uncountable, plural noirs)

  1. (film and television, uncountable) Film noir.
  2. (film and television, countable) A production in the style of film noir.

Anagrams

  • Iron, Orin, RINO, Rion, inro, inrō, iron, nori, roin

French

Alternative forms

  • Noir (for the noun with the sense "black person")

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French noir, from Old French noir, neir, from Latin nigrum. Doublet of nègre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nwaʁ/
  • Rhymes: -waʁ
  • Homophones: noirs, noire, noires

Adjective

noir (feminine noire, masculine plural noirs, feminine plural noires)

  1. black in colour
    Ce chat est noir. ― This cat is black.
  2. dark
    Il fait encore noir dehors. ― It is still dark outside.
  3. drunk; inebriated
    Il est noir. ― He is drunk.
  4. black, of black ethnicity
    Il est noir. ― He is black.

Noun

noir m (plural noirs, feminine noire)

  1. a black person
  2. a person whose hair is dark
  3. dark; darkness
    Je suis seul dans le noir. ― I'm alone in the dark.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • noircir
  • noirceur

Descendants

  • Karipúna Creole French: nué, nég

See also

  • film noir

Further reading

  • “noir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French noir, neir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnwɛr/

Noun

noir m (uncountable)

  1. black

Adjective

noir m (feminine singular noire, masculine plural noirs, feminine plural noires)

  1. black

Descendants

  • French: noir, Noir
    • Karipúna Creole French: nué, nég

Old French

Alternative forms

  • neir

Etymology

From Latin nigrum.

Pronunciation

  • (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈnei̯ɾ/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈnoi̯ɾ/, (northern) /ˈnei̯ɾ/

Noun

noir oblique singular, m (oblique plural noirs, nominative singular noirs, nominative plural noir)

  1. black (color)

Adjective

noir m (oblique and nominative feminine singular noire)

  1. black; having a black color

Descendants

  • Middle French: noir (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: nièr, né; naer; nei
  • Walloon: noer

Source: wiktionary.org