clairière

French

Etymology

From clair +‎ -ière.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛ.ʁjɛʁ/ ~ /kle.ʁjɛʁ/

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Noun

clairière f (plural clairières)

1. glade, clearing (an area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees)
   • 1874, Jules Verne, Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, sourced from [1]:

     Nous occupions, en cet endroit. Le centre d’une vaste clairière, entourée par les hautes arborisations de la forêt sous-marine.

     At this locality we stood in the center of a huge clearing surrounded by the tall tree forms of this underwater forest.

Further reading

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