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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French clair de lune (“moonlight”).
Noun
clair de lune
- A pale bluish-gray colour.
clair de lune:
Adjective
clair de lune (not comparable)
- Of a pale bluish-gray colour.
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
clair de lune m (plural clairs de lune)
- moonlight
1869, Paul Verlaine, Clair de lune [Moonlight]:Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune, / Au calme clair de lune triste et beau, / Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres / Et sangloter d’extase les jets d’eau, / Les grands jets d’eau sveltes parmi les marbres.- And their song blends with the moonlight, / With the sad and beautiful moonlight, / Which sets the birds in the trees dreaming, / And makes the fountains sob with ecstasy, / The tall slim water streams among the marble statues.