How to pronounce noir
Listen to noir in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“noir” in real sentences
148 clips in the index · 7 American · 4 British · 1 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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They are literary film noir.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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I mean, the thing about a noir, a good noir, is you get to see the
The Atlantic · hear it here
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And in recent years Nordic Noir and domestic Noir to name but two and then over
British Library · hear it here
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noir was quite a big deal.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of noir. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.