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clair de lune

clair de lune noun: a pale bluish-gray colour.

Noun

clair de lune

  1. A pale bluish-gray colour.

Adjective

clair de lune (not comparable)

  1. Of a pale bluish-gray colour.

Origin of clair de lune

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

Questions about clair de lune

What does clair de lune mean?
Clair de lune means a pale bluish-gray colour.
What part of speech is clair de lune?
Clair de lune can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near clair de lune in the dictionary

  1. claimsmen
  2. claimstaker
  3. claimstakers
  4. Claines
  5. Clair
  6. clair de lune
  7. clair-obscure
  8. Claira
  9. clairalience
  10. clairalient
  11. clairalients

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