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French
Etymology
From clair + -ière.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klɛ.ʁjɛʁ/ ~ /kle.ʁjɛʁ/
Noun
clairière f (plural clairières)
- 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 :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.
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