black
[dress, trousers, shoes, hair] noir (e)
→ a black leather coat
→ A black briefcase.
→ a pair of black trousers
a black jacket une veste noire
to paint sth black peindre qch en noir
a black look un regard noir
[person] noir (e)
→ black musicians
→ I'm black and I'm proud to be black.
She's black. Elle est noire.
black and blue
(=bruised)
[person, face, body] couvert (e) de bleus
→ Bud's nose was still black and blue.
to beat sb black and blue rosser qn, couvrir qn de bleus
→ Whenever she refused, he'd beat her black and blue.
→ They beat him until he was black and blue.
(=without milk)
[coffee] noir (e)
→ Do you want your coffee black?
[tea] nature inv , sans lait
→ a cup of black tea
A black coffee, please. Un café, s'il vous plaît.
(=unhappy)
[day, situation, future] triste, sombre
→ one of the blackest days of his political career
→ The future for the industry looks even blacker.
(=colour) noir m
to be dressed in black, to be in black être habillé (e) de noir
→ a woman dressed in black
→ He was all in black.
to be in the black
(=in credit) avoir un compte créditeur, être en crédit
→ Remington's operations in Japan are now in the black.
→ Until his finances are in the black I don't want to get married.
→ We're hardly ever in the black.
(=person) noir (e) m/f
→ the first black to be elected to Congress
→ There are about thirty-one million blacks in the US.
(British)
(=boycott)
[+goods] boycotter → The Union blacked incoming goods at the docks.
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black out
vi
(=faint) s'évanouir
→ He felt so ill that he blacked out.
→ He blacked out because of the pain.
Black Africa
n Afrique f noire
black and white , black-and-white
[photo, film, picture] noir et blanc inv
→ ... a black-and-white photo of the two of us together.
→ ... old black and white film footage ...
[television] (en) noir et blanc inv
(=clear-cut)
[affair, issue, situation] absolument clair (e)
→ But this isn't a simple black and white affair, Marianne ...
(PHOTOGRAPHY)
to be in black and white
[photo, film, picture] être en noir et blanc
→ The pictures were in black and white.
in black and white
(=in print) en noir sur blanc
→ He'd seen the proof in black and white.
→ Maybe you don't want to read about Doug's death in black and white.
There it is in black and white. C'est écrit noir sur blanc.
→ Why don't you believe me? There it is in black and white.
to see sth in black and white
(=as clear-cut) voir qch en noir et blanc
→ She saw things in black and white.
black belt
n (JUDO) ceinture f noire
→ He's got a black belt in judo.
He's a black belt. Il est ceinture noire.
black box , black box recorder
n
[+plane] boîte f noire
black cab
n (British) taxi m anglais
black coffee
n café m noir
black comedy
n comédie f noire
Black Country
n (British)
the Black Country le Pays noir (région industrielle des Midlands)
black economy
n (British) économie f souterraine
→ illegal immigrants working in the black economy
black eye
n œil m au beurre noir *
to have a black eye avoir un œil poché, avoir un œil au beurre noir
→ He's got a black eye.
→ He came in to school with a black eye.
to give sb a black eye pocher l'œil à qn, faire un œil au beurre noir à qn
→ He punched her in the face at least once giving her a black eye.
Black Forest
n
the Black Forest la Forêt-Noire
Black Forest gateau
n forêt-noire f
black hole
n (ASTRONOMY) trou m noir
black humour , (British) black humor (US)
n humour m noir
black ice
n verglas m
→ There's black ice on the roads.
black magic
n magie f noire
black mark
n mauvais point m
That's a black mark against him. C'est un mauvais point pour lui.
black market
n marché m noir
→ There is a thriving black market for jeans.
on the black market au marché noir
→ There is a plentiful supply of guns on the black market.
→ You can buy them easily on the black market.
black pepper
n poivre m noir
→ Add salt and black pepper to the sauce.
Black Power
n pouvoir m noir
black pudding , blood pudding (US)
n boudin m noir
Black Sea
n
the Black Sea la mer Noire
black sheep
n brebis f galeuse
→ He's always been regarded as the black sheep of the family.
black spot
n
(=bad area for sth) point m noir
→ an unemployment black spot
black-tie , black tie
adj
[dinner, function] en tenue de soirée, habillé (e)
→ ... a black-tie dinner for former students.
n
to wear black tie porter un smoking
→ Most of the guests will be wearing black tie.
blue-black
adj noir bleuté inv
jet black , jet-black
adj noir (e) comme jais
→ His hair was jet-black.
pitch-black
adj
it's pitch-black il fait noir comme dans un four