Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cabinet noir

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: cab-i-net noir
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination.

Inflected Forms

cabinets noirs (plural)

Questions

What does cabinet noir mean?: A government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination.

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