Black

"Black" in French

noir

(absorbing all light)

noir

(relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned link= A user suggests that this Translingual entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “e.g. Dutch: neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f and German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f aren't translations of the adjective, but of the noun for which see below.” Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.)

noir

(illegitimate, illegal or disgraced)

noir

(of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener)

noir

(chess, checkers etc.: color opposing "white")

noir de monde

(overcrowded)

Noir

(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)

Noire

(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)

noir

(colour/color)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.