clairvoyance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French clairvoyance.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /klɛɹˈvɔɪəns/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /klɛəˈvɔɪəns/
Audio (Canada) (file)

Noun

clairvoyance (usually uncountable, plural clairvoyances)

(parapsychology) The power to see or perceive things objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.
Acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness; sagacity.

Hyponyms

Related terms

clairvoyant

Translations

the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses

Bulgarian: яснови́дство n (jasnovídstvo)
Catalan: clarividència (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏪᎯ (adawehi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 透視／透视 (zh) (tòushì), 千里眼 (zh) (qiānlǐyǎn)
Czech: jasnovidnost f, jasnovidectví (cs) n
Danish: clairvoyance (da) c, klarsyn n, synskhed c
Dutch: helderziendheid (nl) f
Esperanto: klarvideco
Estonian: selgeltnägemine
Finnish: selvänäköisyys (fi)
French: clairvoyance (fr) f
Georgian: გულთმისნობა (gultmisnoba), ნათელმხილველობა (natelmxilveloba)
German: Hellsehen n, Hellseherei (de) f
Hindi: पेशनीगोई (peśnīgoī), दिव्यदृष्टि (hi) (divyadŕṣṭi), दिव्यज्ञान (divyajñān), परोक्षदर्शन (parokṣadarśan)
Hungarian: látnoki képesség, éleslátás (hu)
Icelandic: skyggnigáfa
Indonesian: kewaskitaan (id)
Italian: chiaroveggenza (it) f
Japanese: 透視 (ja) (とうし, tōshi), 千里眼 (ja) (せんりがん, senrigan)
Latvian: gaišredzība, tālredzība
Lithuanian: aiškiaregystė, įžvalgumas, įžvalga
Macedonian: видовитост f (vidovitost), јасновидност f (jasnovidnost)
Norwegian: klarsynthet
Occitan: clarvesença f
Polish: jasnowidzenie (pl) n, jasnowidztwo n
Portuguese: clarividência (pt)
Romanian: clarviziune (ro)
Russian: яснови́дение (ru) n (jasnovídenije)
Scottish Gaelic: taibhsearachd f, dà-fhradharc m, dà-shealladh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: видовитост

Roman: pronicljivost (sh), vidovitost (sh)
Spanish: clarividencia (es)
Swedish: klärvoajans (sv), synskhet (sv) c
Turkish: sağgörü (tr), basiret (tr), durugörü
Ukrainian: яснови́діння (uk) n (jasnovýdinnja)
Volapük: kleililogam

See also

Anagrams

ovarian cycle

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃s/
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

clairvoyance f (plural clairvoyances)

clairvoyance

Further reading

“clairvoyance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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