Etymology

clairaudience

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Today it means: The power to perceive auditory stimuli beyond the realm of normal hearing. Full definition →

French clair
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromaudience“hearing”
  2. French · borrowed fromclair“clear”
  3. English todayclairaudience

Modelled on clairvoyance; from French clair (“clear”) + French audience (“hearing”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchclair all →

clairaudientclairgustanceclairsentience

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.