café noir

English

Etymology

From French café noir.

Noun

café noir (countable and uncountable, plural café noirs or cafés noirs)

1. A cup of black coffee.

   Coordinate terms: café au lait, caffè latte

   • 1947, Scott Graham Williamson, The Fiesta at Anderson’s House, Henry Holt and Company, page 161:

     One night when he had no money for a room he spent the night in the Café du Dôme—buying only two cafés noirs—and he made thirty-three sketches of the stemmed goblet in which the coffee was served.

Usage notes

Oxford Canadian Spelling indicates the preferred plural form is cafés noirs.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.fe nwaʁ/

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Noun

café noir m (plural cafés noirs)

1. black coffee

Anagrams

• conférai
• confiera
• foncerai
• forcenai