café noir
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
café noir (countable and uncountable, plural café noirs or cafés noirs)
- 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 edit
Oxford Canadian Spelling indicates the preferred plural form is cafés noirs.[1]
References edit
- ^ Robert Pontisso and Eric Sinkins, editors (1999), Oxford Canadian Spelling, Oxford University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 72, column 1
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
café noir m (plural cafés noirs)