clair de lune

noun

A pale bluish-gray colour.

OriginFrench clair de lune →
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Meanings

noun
  1. A pale bluish-gray colour.
adjectiveclair de lune (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf a pale bluish-gray colour.

Origin

  1. Frenchclair de lune“moonlight”
  2. Englishclair de lune

Borrowed from French clair de lune (“moonlight”).

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APA

clair de lune. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clair%20de%20lune

MLA

“clair de lune.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clair%20de%20lune. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clair de lune,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clair%20de%20lune.

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