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Lombard
Etymology
From French éclair.
Noun
cler (f)
- roller shutter
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French cler.
Adjective
cler
- shining, bright
References
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French cler, from Latin clārus.
Adjective
cler m (feminine singular clere, masculine plural clers, feminine plural cleres)
- bright, well-lit, not dark
- clear (visible)
1550, Joachim du Bellay, L'Olive:L'obscur m'est cler, et la lumiere obscure.- The dark is clear to me, the light is dark
Descendants
Old French
Alternative forms
- clar (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)
Etymology
From Latin clārus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cler m (oblique and nominative feminine singular clere)
- bright, well-lit, not dark
- clear (visible)
Related terms
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin clerus. Doublet of cliros.
Noun
cler n (plural cleruri)
- clergy
Declension
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin clārus, clāra.
Adjective
cler m (feminine singular clera, masculine plural clers, feminine plural cleras)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) clear, light
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) light-coloured, fair