plural of bête noire

Alternative letter-case form of Pinot Noir.

(uncountable) A genre of film that combines elements of traditional film noir with modern themes and visuals. / (countable) An individual film of this kind.

(uncountable, film) A genre of film, science-fiction film-noir cinema. / (uncountable, fiction, by extension) A genre of fiction, thematically like that of the film genre.

A black grape used to make wine. / A light and fruity wine made from these grapes

Scottish hard-boiled crime fiction

(film, uncountable) A 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 grinding realism.

(film, uncountable) Synonym of Nordic noir (“subgenre of film noir”). / (film, countable) Synonym of Nordic noir (“film or show of this subgenre”).

(film, uncountable) Synonym of Nordic noir (“subgenre of film noir”). / (film, countable) Synonym of Nordic noir (“film or show of this subgenre”).

(film, uncountable) A subgenre that closely imitates or recreates the aesthetics and tropes of the classical noirs. / (countable, film) A work that closely imitates the classical noirs.