clair de lune

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French clair de lune (moonlight).

Noun

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clair de lune

  1. A pale bluish-gray colour.
    clair de lune:  

Adjective

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clair de lune (not comparable)

  1. Of a pale bluish-gray colour.

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /klɛʁ də lyn/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Noun

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clair de lune m (plural clairs de lune)

  1. moonlight
    • 1869, Paul Verlaine, Clair de lune [Moonlight]‎[1]:
      Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune, / Au calme clair de lune triste et beau, / Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres / Et sangloter d’extase les jets d’eau, / Les grands jets d’eau sveltes parmi les marbres.
      And their song blends with the moonlight, / With the sad and beautiful moonlight, / Which sets the birds in the trees dreaming, / And makes the fountains sob with ecstasy, / The tall slim water streams among the marble statues.