clarté

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin clāritātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaʁ.te/

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Noun

clarté f (plural clartés)

1. light, illumination
2. clarity

Related terms

• clair

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cartel, rectal, tacler

Middle French

Etymology

Old French, borrowed from Latin clāritās, clāritātem.

Noun

clarté f (plural clartez)

1. clarity; clearness

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clāritās, clāritātem.

Noun

clarté oblique singular, f (oblique plural clartez, nominative singular clarté, nominative plural clartez)

1. clarity; clearness
   • c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Tortices, grosses et ardanz,
     Que la clartez estoit molt granz.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• cler

Descendants

• English: clarity
• French: clarté