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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A movie characterized by low-key lighting, a bleak urban setting, and corrupt, cynical characters.
  2. n. The genre or style of such movies.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A film characterized by low-key lighting, a bleak urban setting, and corrupt, cynical or desperate characters.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters

Etymologies

  1. Borrowing from French film noir (literally "black film") (Wiktionary)
  2. French : film, film + noir, black. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. film
  2. picture
  1. moving picture
  2. flick
  1. motion picture
  2. movie
  1. motion-picture show
  2. pic
  1. moving-picture show
  2. picture show

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  1. ambiance
  1. noir

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  1. french
  1. Cinema

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