clairvoyant

English

WOTD – 18 March 2009

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French clairvoyant, from clair (“clear”) + voyant (“seeing”), present participle of voir (“see”).

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ənt

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

Derived terms

• clairvoyantly
• nonclairvoyant
• semiclairvoyant

Related terms

• clairvoyance
• clairvoyancy
• clairvoyee

Translations

of, or relating to clairvoyance

• Bulgarian: ясновидски (jasnovidski)
• Czech: jasnovidecký (cs)
• Finnish: selvänäköinen
• Galician: clarividente m or f, vidente m or f
• German: hellseherisch
• Indonesian: waskita (id)
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• Italian: chiaroveggenza (it) f, chiaroveggente
• Macedonian: видовит m (vidovit)
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt)
• Russian: яснови́дческий (ru) (jasnovídčeskij)
• Spanish: clarividente m or f, vidente (es) m or f
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)

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

• Bulgarian: проницателен (bg) (pronicatelen)
• Czech: jasnovidný
• Danish: clairvoyant, synsk
• Dutch: paragnost (nl) m, helderziende (nl)
• Finnish: selvänäköinen
• Galician: clarividente m or f
• German: hellseherisch
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: prognostico (it) m, pronostico (it) m, sensitivo m
• Macedonian: видовит m (vidovit)
• Maori: matakite
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt)
• Russian: яснови́дящий (ru) (jasnovídjaščij)
• Spanish: clarividente m or f
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv), synsk (sv)

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)
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• German: hellseherisch, präkognitiv
• Macedonian: видовит m (vidovit)
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt)
• Russian: яснови́дящий (ru) (jasnovídjaščij)
• Spanish: clarividente m or f, vidente (es) m or f, adivino (es) m, adivina (es) f
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv), synsk (sv)

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• (deprecated template usage) Italian: chiaroveggente m or f
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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

Translations

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

• Bulgarian: ясновидец m (jasnovidec)
• Czech: jasnovidec (cs) m
• Finnish: selvänäkijä (fi)
• French: voyant (fr) m
• German: Hellseher (de) m, Hellseherin (de) f
• Italian: chiaroveggente m or f, sensitivo m
• Macedonian: јаснови́дец m (jasnovídec), јаснови́тка f (jasnovítka)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: matakite
• Polish: jasnowidz (pl) m
• 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
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)

person able to foresee the future

• Bulgarian: ясновидец 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
• Italian: oracolo (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: јаснови́дец m (jasnovídec), јаснови́тка m or f (jasnovítka)
• Polish: jasnowidz (pl) m
• 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
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)

Anagrams

• covariantly

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃/

Adjective

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

1. clairvoyant