clairvoyant

English

WOTD – 18 March 2009

Etymology

From French clairvoyant, from clair (“clear”) + voyant (“seeing”), present participle of voir (“see”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌklɛəˈvɔɪ.ənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌklɛɹˈvɔɪ.ənt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ənt

Adjective

clairvoyant (comparative more clairvoyant, superlative most clairvoyant)

1. Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
2. Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
3. Able to foresee the future.
4. Having great insight; sagacious.
5. (computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.

Usage notes

• The feminine form clairvoyante is also used, though rarely.

Derived terms

• clairvoyantly
• nonclairvoyant
• semiclairvoyant

Related terms

• clairvoyance
• clairvoyancy
• clairvoyee
• visionary

Translations

of, or relating to clairvoyance

• Bulgarian: ясновидски (jasnovidski)
• Czech: jasnovidecký (cs)
• Finnish: selvänäköinen
• Galician: clarividente m or f, vidente m or f
• German: hellseherisch
• Indonesian: waskita (id)
• Italian: chiaroveggenza (it) f, chiaroveggente (it)
• Kazakh: зерделі (zerdelı)
• Macedonian: ви́довит m (vídovit), јасно́виден (jasnóviden)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: clairvoyant

• Polish: jasnowidzący
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt)
• Russian: яснови́дческий (ru) (jasnovídčeskij)
• Spanish: clarividente (es), vidente (es)
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)
• Ukrainian: ясновидчий m (jasnovydčyj)

able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses

• Bulgarian: проницателен (bg) (pronicatelen)
• Czech: jasnovidný
• Danish: clairvoyant, synsk
• Dutch: paragnost (nl) m, helderziende (nl)
• Finnish: selvänäköinen
• Galician: clarividente m or f
• German: hellseherisch
• Italian: prognostico (it) m, pronostico (it) m, sensitivo (it) m
• Kazakh: зерделілік (zerdelılık)
• Macedonian: ви́довит m (vídovit)
• Maori: matakite
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: synsk, clairvoyant

• Polish: jasnowidzący
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt)
• Russian: яснови́дящий (ru) (jasnovídjaščij)
• Spanish: clarividente (es)
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv), synsk (sv)
• Ukrainian: ясновидю́щий (uk) (jasnovydjúščyj)

able to foresee the future

• Czech: jasnozřivý
• Danish: clairvoyant, synsk
• Dutch: paragnost (nl) m, helderziende (nl)
• Finnish: selvänäköinen
• Galician: clarividente m or f, vidente m or f
• Georgian: ნათელმხილველი (natelmxilveli), შორისმჭვრეტელი (šorismč̣vreṭeli), ნათელმჭვრეტი (natelmč̣vreṭi)
• German: hellseherisch, präkognitiv
• Icelandic: skyggn
• Kazakh: көріпкел (körıpkel)
• Macedonian: видовит m (vidovit)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: synsk, clairvoyant

• Polish: jasnowidzący
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt)
• Russian: яснови́дящий (ru) (jasnovídjaščij)
• Spanish: clarividente (es) m or f, vidente (es) m or f, adivino (es) m, adivina (es) f
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv), synsk (sv), fjärrsynt (sv)
• Ukrainian: ясновидячий m (jasnovydjačyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} chiaroveggente (it) m or f

Noun

clairvoyant (plural clairvoyants)

1. A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
2. A person able to foresee the future

Synonyms

• (person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses): medium, mystic, seer
• (person able to foresee the future): fortune teller

Derived terms

• clairvoyante

Translations

person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses

• Bulgarian: ясновидец (bg) m (jasnovidec)
• Czech: jasnovidec (cs) m
• Finnish: selvänäkijä (fi)
• French: voyant (fr) m
• German: Hellseher (de) m, Hellseherin (de) f
• Irish: bean feasa f (female)
• Italian: chiaroveggente (it) m or f, sensitivo (it) m
• Kazakh: көріпкел (körıpkel), сәуегей (säuegei)
• Macedonian: јасно́видец m (jasnóvidec), јасно́витка f (jasnóvitka)
• Maori: matakite
• Polish: jasnowidz (pl) m, jasnowidzący m, jasnowidząca f
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt) m or f, vidente (pt) m or f
• Russian: яснови́дец (ru) m (jasnovídec), яснови́дица (ru) f (jasnovídica)
• Serbo-Croatian: јасновидац m, jasnovidac (sh) m
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)
• Turkish: durugörücü
• Ukrainian: яснови́дець (uk) m (jasnovýdecʹ), яснови́диця (uk) f (jasnovýdycja)

person able to foresee the future

• Bulgarian: ясновидец (bg) m (jasnovidec)
• Czech: jasnovidec (cs) m
• Finnish: ennustaja (fi), selvänäkijä (fi)
• French: devin (fr) m
• German: Hellseher (de) m, Hellseherin (de) f, Weissager m, Weissagerin f, Wahrsager (de) m, Wahrsagerin (de) f, Seher (de) m, Seherin (de) f
• Irish: bean feasa f (female)
• Italian: oracolo (it) m
• Kazakh: сәуегей (säuegei)
• Macedonian: јасно́видец m (jasnóvidec), јасно́витка f (jasnóvitka)
• Polish: jasnowidz (pl) m, jasnowidzący m, jasnowidząca f
• Portuguese: clarividente (pt) m or f, vidente (pt) m or f, adivinho (pt) m
• Russian: яснови́дец (ru) m (jasnovídec), яснови́дица (ru) f (jasnovídica)
• Serbo-Croatian: јасновидац m, jasnovidac (sh) m
• Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)
• Ukrainian: яснови́дець (uk) m (jasnovýdecʹ), яснови́диця (uk) f (jasnovýdycja)

External links

• Improving Clairvoyant: Reduction algorithm resilient to imbalanced process arrival times
• What is a clairvoyant algorithm

Anagrams

• covariantly

French

Etymology

Univerbation of clair voyant, from voir clair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Adjective

clairvoyant (feminine clairvoyante, masculine plural clairvoyants, feminine plural clairvoyantes)

1. clairvoyant

Further reading

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