noyau noun2 •A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.His coffee was excellent, and then came a case of liqueurs, noyau both white and red, etc. — 1792 •A small nucleus or core group of people or animals.Borders are violated by hungering males and famished females, and the ordered animosities of the noyau give way to a saturnalia of sexual adventure. — 1966 formsnoyaus · noyaux