cler

See also: Cler and clêr

Lombard

Etymology

From French éclair.

Noun

cler (f)

1. roller shutter

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French cler.

Adjective

cler

1. shining, bright
   • a. 1450, John Lydgate:

     Thy place is bygged above the sterres clere

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• “clẹ̄r, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• clair

Etymology

From Old French cler, from Latin clārus.

Adjective

cler m (feminine singular clere, masculine plural clers, feminine plural cleres)

1. bright, well-lit, not dark
2. 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

• French: clair

Old French

Alternative forms

• clar (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)

Etymology

From Latin clārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleːɾ/

Adjective

cler m (oblique and nominative feminine singular clere)

1. bright, well-lit, not dark
2. clear (visible)

Related terms

• clarté

Descendants

• Middle French: cler
  • French: clair
    • → Middle English: clere
      • → English: clear
      • → Scots: clair
    • → Middle Dutch: claer
      • → Dutch: klaar
      • → Middle Low German: klār
        • → German: klar
        • → Old Norse: klárr
          • Danish: klar
          • Norwegian Bokmål: klar
          • Norwegian Nynorsk: klar, klår
          • Swedish: klar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clerus. Doublet of cliros.

Noun

cler n (plural cleruri)

1. clergy

Declension

Declension of cler

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cler	clerul	(niște) cleruri	clerurile
genitive/dative	(unui) cler	clerului	(unor) cleruri	clerurilor
vocative	clerule		clerurilor

Romansch

Alternative forms

• clar (Sursilvan)

Etymology

From Latin clārus, clāra.

Adjective

cler m (feminine singular clera, masculine plural clers, feminine plural cleras)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) clear, light
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) light-coloured, fair