chemise noire
French, noun/ʃə.miz nwaʁ/
chemise noire is spelled C-H-E-M-I-S-E-N-O-I-R-E (12 letters). Chemise noire is a French feminine noun meaning “blackshirt, squadrista (uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Membre de la milice volontaire pour la sécurité nationale, du régime fasciste de Benito Mussolini”.
What does chemise noire mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblackshirt, squadrista (uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Membre de la milice volontaire pour la sécurité nationale, du régime fasciste de Benito Mussolini. 2. Corps militaire de l’Italie fasciste. 3. Régime fasciste de Mussolini.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chemise noire
- chemises noires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chemise noire?
- /ʃə.miz nwaʁ/
- \ʃ(ə.)miz nwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chemise noire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.