café noir

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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.

References

  1. ^ Robert Pontisso and Eric Sinkins, editors (1999), Oxford Canadian Spelling, Oxford University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 72, column 1

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.fe nwaʁ/
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Noun

café noir m (plural cafés noirs)

  1. black coffee

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