café noir

noun

A cup of black coffee.

OriginFrench café noir →
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Meanings

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

plural café noirs · plural cafés noirs

  1. countableuncountableA cup of black coffee.

    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.

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
black coffee

Origin

  1. Frenchcafé noir
  2. Frenchcafé noir
  3. Englishcafé noir

Borrowed from French café noir.

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APA

café noir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9%20noir

MLA

“café noir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9%20noir. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “café noir,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9%20noir.

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