clairvoyance
English Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from French clairvoyance.
Pronunciation Edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /klɛɹˈvɔɪəns/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /klɛəˈvɔɪəns/
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Noun Edit
clairvoyance (usually uncountable, plural clairvoyances)
- (parapsychology) The power to see or perceive things objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.
- Acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness; sagacity.
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Translations Edit
the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
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French Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
clairvoyance f (plural clairvoyances)
Further reading Edit
- “clairvoyance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.