Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 5 compound words that contain noir. The most common are listed below. Open noir in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- film noirA film genre characterized by low-key lighting, a bleak urban setting, and corrupt, cynical or desperate characters.
- neo-noirA genre of film that combines elements of traditional film noir with modern themes and visuals.
- Pinot NoirA black grape used to make red wine, associated with the Burgundy region in France.
- rouge et noirA solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards.
- pied noirSomeone of European origin living in North Africa, especially Algeria, under French rule, particularly one who was repatriated to mainland France after Algerian independence.
- Nordic noirA subgenre of film noir, set (and usually produced) in Scandinavia; typified by psychologically complex storylines involving the investigation of cruel or brutal crime, as well as heavy use of stark landscapes, pathetic fallacy and …
- café noirA cup of black coffee.
- cabinet noirA government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination.
- tech noirA genre of film, science-fiction film-noir cinema.
- Scandinavian noirSynonym of Nordic noir (“subgenre of film noir”).
- tartan noirScottish hard-boiled crime fiction
- Scandi-noirSynonym of Nordic noir (“subgenre of film noir”).
- bête noirMisspelling of bête noire: Someone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked; the bane of someone's existence; an object of aversion; an anathema.
- retro-noirA subgenre that closely imitates or recreates the aesthetics and tropes of the classical noirs.
Compound words 5
- cybernoirFilm noir with cyberpunk themes.
- noirishHaving the character of film noir.
- noirestsuperlative form of noir: most noir
- CotnoirA surname from French.
- tamanoirgiant anteater