clairvoyant

WOTD - 18 March 2009    

English

Etymology

From French clairvoyant, from clair (“clear”) + voyant (“seeing”), present participle of voir (“see”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌklɛəˈvɔɪ.ənt/
• (US) IPA: /ˌklɛɹˈvɔɪ.ənt/

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Adjective

clairvoyant (comparative more clairvoyant, superlative most clairvoyant)

1. Of, or relating to clairvoyance.
2. Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
3. Able to foresee the future.

Translations

of, or relating to clairvoyance

Bulgarian: ясновидски (bg) Czech: jasnovidecký (cs) German: hellseherisch (de)

Russian: ясновидческий (ru) (jasnovídčeskij) Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)

able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses

Bulgarian: проницателен (bg) Czech: jasnovidný (cs) Danish: clairvoyant (da), synsk (da)

German: hellseherisch (de) Russian: ясновидящий (ru) (jasnovíd'aš'ij) Swedish: klärvoajant (sv), synsk (sv)

able to foresee the future

Czech: jasnozřivý (cs) Danish: clairvoyant (da), synsk (da) German: hellseherisch, präkognitiv

Russian: ясновидящий (ru) (jasnovíd'aš'ij) Swedish: klärvoajant (sv), synsk (sv)

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Italian: chiaroveggente m. and f.

Noun

clairvoyant (plural clairvoyants)

1. A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
2. A person able to foresee the future.

Synonyms

• (person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses): medium, mystic, seer
• (person able to forsee the future): fortune teller

Translations

person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses

Bulgarian: ясновидец (bg) m. Czech: jasnovidec (cs) m. Finnish: selvänäkijä (fi) German: Hellseher (de) m., Hellseherin (de) f.

Italian: chiaroveggente (it) m. and f. Russian: ясновидец (ru) (jasnovíd'ec) m., ясновидица (ru) (jasnovídica) f. Serbian: јасновидац (sr) (jasnovidac) m. Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)

person able to forsee the future

Bulgarian: ясновидец (bg) m. Czech: jasnovidec (cs) m. Finnish: ennustaja (fi) German: Hellseher m., Hellseherin f., Weissager m., Weissagerin f., Wahrsager m., Wahrsagerin f., Seher m., Seherin f.

Serbian: јасновидац (sr) (jasnovidac) m. Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)

Anagrams

• covariantly