pied-noir

pied-noir (plural pieds-noirs) [pjenwaʀ]

masculine noun, feminine noun

pied-noir (French colonial born in Algeria)

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(colloq), pl pieds-noirs pjenwaʀ nom masculin et féminin pied-noir (French colonial born in Algeria)

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pjenwaʀ

pieds-noirs pl nmf

French person born in Algeria before independence

Sa grand-mère est pied-noir. — His grandmother was born in Algeria.

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pied-noir○, pl pieds-noirs

A adj [accent] pied-noir, of a French colonial born in Algeria.

B nmf pied-noir (French colonial born in Algeria).

[pjenwar] (pluriel pieds-noirs) adjectif

pied-noir

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[pjenwar] (pluriel pieds-noirs) nom masculin et féminin

pied-noir (French settler in Algeria)

PIED-NOIR

This is the name given to former French settlers in Algeria who returned to France after Algeria regained its independence in 1962, many of them resettling in cities on the south coast.