noircir

noircir [nwaʀsiʀ]

➭ TABLE 2

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = salir) [fumée] to blacken ; [encre, charbon] to dirty

• murs noircis par la crasse walls black with dirt

   b. ( = colorer) to blacken ; (à la cire, à la peinture) to darken

2. intransitive verb

[ciel] to darken

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nwaʀsiʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) (salir) [charbon] to make [something] dirty; [fumée, pollution] to blacken; [encre] to stain [something] black

noircir du papier — fig to scribble away

2) (assombrir)

noircir la situation — to paint a black picture of the situation

noircir quelqu'un — to blacken somebody's name

2.

verbe intransitif (devenir noir) [banane] to go black; [mur] to get dirty; [métal] to tarnish

3.

se noircir verbe pronominal [ciel] to darken; [temps] to become threatening

se noircir le visage — to blacken one's face

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nwaʀsiʀ

1. vt

1) (couleur) to blacken

2) [récit] to make darker

2. vi

(= devenir noir) to go black

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noircir verb table: finir

A vtr

1 (salir) [charbon] to make [sth] dirty; [fumée, feu, pollution] to blacken; [métal] to turn [sth] black; [encre] to stain [sth] black; la carcasse noircie d'un camion the blackened shell of a truck; il avait le visage noirci par la suie his face was black with soot; noircir du papier fig to scribble away;

2 (assombrir) noircir la situation or le tableau to paint a black picture of the situation; noircir qn or la réputation de qn to blacken sb's name ou character;

3 (teindre) to darken [cuir].

B vi (devenir noir) [banane] to go black; [mur] to get dirty ou black; [métal] to tarnish; (bronzer) [personne] to get brown.

C se noircir vpr [ciel] to darken; [temps] to become threatening; se noircir le visage to blacken one's face.

[nwarsir] verbe transitif

1. [rendre noir] to blacken

noirci par le charbon blackened with coal

noircir du papier (familier) to write pages and pages ou page after page

2. [dramatiser]

noircir la situation to make the situation out to be darker ou blacker than it is

3. (soutenu) [dénigrer]

noircir la réputation de quelqu'un to blacken somebody's reputation

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[nwarsir] verbe intransitif

to go black, to darken

le ciel noircit à l'horizon the sky is darkening on the horizon

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se noircir verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

(soutenu) [se dénigrer] to denigrate oneself

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se noircir verbe pronominal transitif

[se grimer]

se noircir le visage to blacken one's face

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se noircir verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [s'assombrir] to darken

notre avenir se noircit our future is looking blacker

2. (très familier) [s'enivrer] to get plastered (très familier) ou blind drunk