pied noir

From French pied noir. See Pied-Noir § Etymology on Wikipedia.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpjɛdˈnwɑː/, /ˌpjeɪˈnwɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

pied noir (plural pieds noirs)

1. Someone of European origin living in North Africa, especially Algeria, under French rule, particularly one who was repatriated to mainland France after Algerian independence. [from 1960s]
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 47:

     Oran, the second city of Algeria, was even more European than Algiers; in fact, with 300,000 pied noir inhabitants to 150,000 Muslims, it was the only centre where they predominated.

   • 2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:

     His parents were pieds-noirs from Algeria who moved to Morocco, so he spent early childhood in Tangier, leaving him with a love for the Mediterranean, a penchant for cultural mixing and an abiding affection for donkeys.

• epirodin

See Pied-Noir § Etymology on Wikipedia.

• IPA^(key): /pje nwaʁ/

pied noir m (plural pieds noirs)

1. pied noir