légende noire
French, noun/le.ʒɑ̃d nwaʁ/
légende noire is spelled L-É-G-E-N-D-E-N-O-I-R-E (12 letters). Légende noire is a French feminine noun meaning “black legend (historiographical phenomenon in which a sustained trend in historical writing of biased reporting and introduction of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does légende noire mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblack legend (historiographical phenomenon in which a sustained trend in historical writing of biased reporting and introduction of fabricated, exaggerated and/or decontextualized facts is directed against particular persons, nations or institutions with the intention of creating a distorted and uniquely inhuman image of them)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of légende noire
- légendes noires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce légende noire?
- /le.ʒɑ̃d nwaʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.