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1 doom
doom [du:m]1 noun(UNCOUNT) (terrible fate) destin m (malheureux), sort m (tragique); (ruin) perte f, ruine f; (death) mort f;∎ to meet one's doom trouver la mort;∎ thousands were sent to their doom on envoya des milliers de gens à la mort;∎ an air/a feeling of doom un air/sentiment funeste;∎ figurative to be full of or all doom and gloom voir tout en noir;∎ the situation's not all doom and gloom la situation n'est pas aussi sombre qu'il y paraîtcondamner -
2 noir
noir, e [nwaʀ]1. adjectivea. black ; [yeux] darkb. ( = obscur) darkd. ( = hostile) regarder qn d'un œil noir to give sb a black looke. ( = policier) roman noir thriller2. masculine nouna. ( = couleur) blackb. ( = matière) elle avait du noir sur le menton she had a black mark on her chinc. ( = obscurité) darke. ► au noir3. masculine noun, feminine4. feminine noun* * *Noire nwaʀ nom masculin, féminin black man/woman* * *nwaʀ noir, -e1. adj1) (couleur) blackElle porte une robe noire. — She's wearing a black dress.
2) (personne) blackElle est noire. — She's black.
3) (= obscur) darkIl fait noir dehors. — It's dark outside.
2. nm/f1) (= personne) (= homme) black man2) (= femme) black woman3. nm1) (= couleur) blackLe noir lui va bien. — Black suits him.
2) (= obscurité) darkIl n'y voyait plus rien dans le noir. — He couldn't see anything in the dark.
au noir [acheter, vendre] — on the black market
4. nfMUSIQUE crotchet Grande-Bretagne quarter note USA* * *A adj1 ( couleur) [peinture, fumée, cheveux] black; [yeux] dark; être noir de coups to be black and blue; être noir de monde [rue, plage] to be swarming ou teeming with people;3 ( obscur) [ruelle, cachot] dark; les eaux noires d'un lac the dark waters of a lake; il fait noir it's dark;4 ( d'Afrique) [personne, race, peau, quartier] black; avoir du sang noir dans les veines to have African ancestry;6 ( catastrophique) [époque, année] bad, bleak; [misère] dire, abject; [désespoir] deep; [idée] gloomy, dark; dans le désespoir le plus noir in deepest despair; tout n'est pas noir dans sa vie/ce livre his life/this book is not all doom and gloom; dresser or faire un tableau noir de la situation to paint a very black picture of the situation;7 ( méchant) [regard] black; [âme, dessein] dark; regarder qn d'un œil noir to give sb a black look; entrer or se mettre dans une colère noire to fly into a towering rage;8 ○( ivre) drunk.B nm1 ( couleur) black; le noir te va bien black suits you; un noir brillant/mat a shiny/matt black; il s'habille toujours en noir he always wears black; il était en noir or vêtu de noir he was in black; le noir du velours sur le blanc du satin black velvet against white satin;2 ( saleté) ( tache noire) black mark; ( crasse) dirt; avoir du noir sur le visage to have a black mark on one's face; avoir du noir sous les ongles to have dirt under one's nails;4 Art ( d'un tableau) the dark areas;5 ( clandestinité) au noir [acheter, vendre] on the black market; travail au noir gén work for which no earnings are declared; (deuxième emploi, non déclaré) moonlighting○; travailler au noir gén to work without declaring one's earnings; (deuxième emploi, non déclaré) to moonlight ○, to work on the side; faire une réparation/des travaux au noir to do repairs/work on the side;6 ○( café) un (petit) noir an espresso.noir d'aniline aniline black; noir animal boneblack; noir au blanc reverse; noir de carbone carbon black; noir et blanc Phot black and white photography; faire du noir et blanc to do black and white photography; film/photographie en noir et blanc black and white film/photography; le film est en noir et blanc the film is in black and white; noir de fumée lampblack.c'est écrit noir sur blanc it's there in black and white; être noir comme de l'ébène/du cirage to be as black as ebony/boot polish; voir tout en noir to look on the black side (of things).1. [généralement] blacknoir comme de l'ébène jet-black, ebonynoir comme un corbeau ou du charbon (as) black as soot, pitch black2. [bronzée]un ciel noir a dark ou leaden skydans les rues noires in the pitch-black ou pitch-dark streets5. [maléfique] black7. [extrême]9. [illégal]b. [en plus de l'activité principale] moonlighting11. GÉOGRAPHIE————————————————nom masculin1. [couleur] blackune photo/un film en noir et blanc a black and white photo/filmnoir de carbone ou fumée carbon black3. [obscurité] darknessdans le noir in the dark, in darknessavoir peur dans le noir to be afraid ou scared of the dark5. (familier) [café] (black) coffee————————adverbeil fait noir comme dans un four ou tunnel ici it's pitch-dark ou pitch-black in here————————noire nom féminin————————au noir locution adjectivaleb. [en plus de l'activité principale] moonlighting————————au noir locution adverbiale[illégalement]b. [en plus de l'activité principale] to moonlight————————en noir locution adverbiale1. [colorié, teint] blackhabillé en noir dressed in black, wearing black2. (figuré)
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