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film noir Lit. "black film": a stylized genre of movies from the 1940s and 1950s with a focus on crime and amorality. fils lit. "son": used after a man's surname to distinguish a son from a father, as Alexandre Dumas, fils. fin de siècle
Drakkar Noir is a men's fragrance by Guy Laroche created by perfumer Pierre Wargnye. The fragrance was introduced in 1982 and is manufactured under license by the L'Oréal Group . [ 1 ] It is a successor scent to the brand's 1972 fragrance Drakkar, launched to appeal to a British market.
Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.
Noir (or noire) is the French word for black. It may also refer to: Places. Noire River (Ottawa River tributary), in the Outaouais region of Quebec;
Collins Iyare Idehen Jr. [4] (born 1983), better known as Colion Noir, is an American gun rights activist, YouTuber, lawyer, and host of the web series NOIR. In 2013, the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) recruited him to appear in NRA News videos. [ 5 ]
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Piquepoul (French pronunciation: ⓘ), Picpoul, or Picapoll is a variety of wine grape grown primarily in the Rhone Valley and Languedoc regions of France as well as Catalonia, Spain. [1] It exists both in dark-skinned (Piquepoul noir) and light-skinned (Piquepoul blanc) versions, as well as a very little grown Piquepoul gris. Piquepoul blanc ...
Gamay (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a purple-colored grape variety used to make red wines, most notably grown in Beaujolais and in the Loire Valley around Tours. [1] Its full name is Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc. It is a very old cultivar, mentioned as long ago as the 15th century. It has been often cultivated because it makes for abundant ...