Claire - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• Clare, Clair, Klaire, Klair, Klare

Borrowed from French Claire, also a spelling variant of the English Clare.

• IPA^(key): /klɛə(ɹ)/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /klɛə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /klɛɹ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kleː/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /kleə/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /kliə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /kleɹ/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /klɜː(ɹ)/
• Homophones: Clare, clear (cheer–chair merger)
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Claire

1. A female given name from French.

   • 1887, Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Dead Man's Rock., BiblioBazaar,LLC, published 2007, →ISBN, page 198:

     "I told you I was called ,or that they called me Claire. Were you not surprised when you saw my name as Clarissa Lambert?"
     "Is that all?" I cried. "Why of course, I knew how common it is for actresses to take another name. I was even glad of it; for the name I know, your own name, is now a secret, and all the sweeter so. All the world admires Clarissa Lambert, but I alone love Claire Luttrell, and know that Claire Luttrell loves me."

   • 2006, Wendy Harmer, Farewell My Ovaries, Allen&Unwin, →ISBN, page 93:

     A woman named Claire should be able to describe the moon. Clair de Lune was of course one of Claire's favourite pieces of piano music.

2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Clare.

   • 1991, Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife, Ivy Books, →ISBN, page 203:

     When we arrived in Hangchow, all the pilots were honored at a big banquet given by that famous American general with a lady's name, Claire Chennault.

• Carlie, eclair, lacier, éclair

From Latin Clara, with transparent meaning in modern French (claire).

• IPA^(key): /klɛʁ/

Claire f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Clara

• Clara
• Clarisse
• Marie-Claire

• éclair

• IPA^(key): /klɛʀ/

Claire

1. a female given name