clairvoyant

English

WOTD – 18 March 2009

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ənt

Adjective

clairvoyant (comparative more clairvoyant, superlative most clairvoyant)

1. Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
   • 1899, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Clairvoyance‎^[1]:

     Then there is the very large class of casual clairvoyant visions which have no traceable cause — which are apparently quite meaningless, and have no recognizable relation to any events known to the seer.

2. Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
3. Able to foresee the future.

   Synonym: psychic (informal)

4. Having great insight; sagacious.
   • 1895, John Ames Mitchell (ed.), Aristopi‎^[2]:

     …his vision of the future so far-reaching and clairvoyant as that of many who have lived before him and since…

5. (computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.

Usage notes

• The feminine form clairvoyante is also used, though rarely.

Derived terms

• clairvoyantly
• nonclairvoyant
• semiclairvoyant

Related terms

• clairvoyance
• clairvoyancy
• clairvoyee
• visionary

Translations

of, or relating to clairvoyance

• Bulgarian: ясновидски (jasnovidski)
• Catalan: clarivident (ca)
• Czech: jasnovidecký (cs)
• Danish: clairvoyant
• Finnish: selvänäköinen
• Galician: clarividente m or f, vidente m or f
• German: hellseherisch
• Indonesian: waskita (id)
• Italian: chiaroveggenza (it) f, chiaroveggente (it)
• Kazakh: зерделі (zerdelı)
• Macedonian: ви́довит m (vídovit), јасно́виден (jasnóviden)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: clairvoyant

• Polish: jasnowidzący
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt)
• Russian: яснови́дческий (ru) (jasnovídčeskij)
• Spanish: clarividente (es), vidente (es)
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)
• Ukrainian: ясновидчий m (jasnovydčyj)

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

• Bulgarian: проницателен (bg) (pronicatelen)
• Catalan: clarivident (ca)
• Czech: jasnovidný
• Danish: clairvoyant, synsk
• Dutch: paragnost (nl) m, helderziende (nl)
• Finnish: selvänäköinen
• French: clairvoyant (fr)
• Galician: clarividente m or f
• German: hellseherisch
• Italian: prognostico (it) m, pronostico (it) m, sensitivo (it) m
• Kazakh: зерделілік (zerdelılık)
• Macedonian: ви́довит m (vídovit)
• Māori: matakite
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: synsk, clairvoyant

• Polish: jasnowidzący
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt)
• Russian: яснови́дящий (ru) (jasnovídjaščij)
• Spanish: clarividente (es)
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv), synsk (sv)
• Ukrainian: ясновидю́щий (uk) (jasnovydjúščyj)

able to foresee the future

• Czech: jasnozřivý
• Danish: clairvoyant, synsk
• Dutch: paragnost (nl) m, helderziende (nl)
• Finnish: selvänäköinen
• Galician: clarividente m or f, vidente m or f
• Georgian: ნათელმხილველი (natelmxilveli), შორისმჭვრეტელი (šorismč̣vreṭeli), ნათელმჭვრეტი (natelmč̣vreṭi)
• German: hellseherisch, präkognitiv
• Icelandic: skyggn
• Kazakh: көріпкел (körıpkel)
• Macedonian: видовит m (vidovit)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: synsk, clairvoyant

• Polish: jasnowidzący
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt)
• Russian: яснови́дящий (ru) (jasnovídjaščij)
• Spanish: clarividente (es), vidente (es), previdente
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv), synsk (sv), fjärrsynt (sv)
• Ukrainian: ясновидячий m (jasnovydjačyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} chiaroveggente (it) m or 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 foresee the future): fortune teller

Derived terms

• clairvoyante

Translations

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

• Bulgarian: ясновидец (bg) m (jasnovidec)
• Catalan: clarveient m (restorationist), clarivident (ca) (hispanism)
• Czech: jasnovidec (cs) m
• Finnish: selvänäkijä (fi)
• French: voyant (fr) m
• Georgian: ნათელმხილველი (natelmxilveli)
• German: Hellseher (de) m, Hellseherin (de) f
• Irish: bean feasa f (female)
• Italian: chiaroveggente (it) m or f, sensitivo (it) m
• Kazakh: көріпкел (körıpkel), сәуегей (säuegei)
• Macedonian: јасно́видец m (jasnóvidec), јасно́витка f (jasnóvitka)
• Māori: matakite
• Polish: jasnowidz (pl) m, jasnowidzący m, jasnowidząca f
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt) m or f, vidente (pt) m or f
• Russian: яснови́дец (ru) m (jasnovídec), яснови́дица (ru) f (jasnovídica)
• Serbo-Croatian: јасновидац m, jasnovidac (sh) m
• Spanish: clarividente (es) m or f
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)
• Turkish: durugörücü
• Ukrainian: яснови́дець (uk) m (jasnovýdecʹ), яснови́диця (uk) f (jasnovýdycja)

person able to foresee the future

• Bulgarian: ясновидец (bg) m (jasnovidec)
• Czech: jasnovidec (cs) m
• Finnish: ennustaja (fi), selvänäkijä (fi)
• French: devin (fr) m
• German: Hellseher (de) m, Hellseherin (de) f, Weissager m, Weissagerin f, Wahrsager (de) m, Wahrsagerin (de) f, Seher (de) m, Seherin (de) f
• Irish: bean feasa f (female)
• Italian: oracolo (it) m
• Kazakh: сәуегей (säuegei)
• Macedonian: јасно́видец m (jasnóvidec), јасно́витка f (jasnóvitka)
• Polish: jasnowidz (pl) m, jasnowidzący m, jasnowidząca f
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt) m or f, vidente (pt) m or f, adivinho (pt) m
• Russian: яснови́дец (ru) m (jasnovídec), яснови́дица (ru) f (jasnovídica)
• Serbo-Croatian: јасновидац m, jasnovidac (sh) m
• Spanish: clarividente (es) m or f
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: فالجی (falcı)

• Ukrainian: яснови́дець (uk) m (jasnovýdecʹ), яснови́диця (uk) f (jasnovýdycja)

External links

• Improving Clairvoyant: Reduction algorithm resilient to imbalanced process arrival times
• What is a clairvoyant algorithm

Anagrams

• covariantly

Danish

Etymology

From French clairvoyant.

Adjective

clairvoyant (neuter clairvoyant, plural and definite singular attributive clairvoyante)

1. clairvoyant (of, or relating to clairvoyance)

   Synonym: synsk

Inflection

Inflection of clairvoyant

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	clairvoyant	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	clairvoyant	—	—2
plural	clairvoyante	—	—2
definite attributive1	clairvoyante	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

clairvoyant c (singular definite clairvoyanten, plural indefinite clairvoyanter)

1. a clairvoyant

Declension

Declension of clairvoyant

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	clairvoyant	clairvoyanten	clairvoyanter	clairvoyanterne
genitive	clairvoyants	clairvoyantens	clairvoyanters	clairvoyanternes

Related terms

• clairvoyance

References

• “clairvoyant” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Univerbation of clair voyant, from voir clair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Adjective

clairvoyant (feminine clairvoyante, masculine plural clairvoyants, feminine plural clairvoyantes)

1. clairvoyant

Further reading

• “clairvoyant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012