clairvoyant
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From French clairvoyant , from clair ("clear") + voyant ("seeing"), present participle of voir ("see").
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]clairvoyant (comparative more clairvoyant, superlative most clairvoyant)
- Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
- 1899, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Clairvoyance[1] :
- Then there is the very large class of casual clairvoyant visions which have no traceable cause — which are apparently quite meaningless, and have no recognizable relation to any events known to the seer.
- Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
- Able to foresee the future.
- Synonym: psychic (informal)
- Having great insight; sagacious.
- 1895, John Ames Mitchell (ed.), Aristopi[2] :
- ...his vision of the future so far-reaching and clairvoyant as that of many who have lived before him and since...
- (computing ) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
Usage notes
[edit ]- The feminine form clairvoyante is also used, though rarely.
Derived terms
[edit ]Related terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]of, or relating to clairvoyance
- Bulgarian: ясновидски (jasnovidski)
- Catalan: clarivident (ca)
- Czech: jasnovidecký (cs)
- Danish: clairvoyant
- Finnish: selvänäköinen
- Galician: clarividente m or f, vidente m or f
- German: hellseherisch
- Indonesian: waskita (id)
- Italian: chiaroveggenza (it) f, chiaroveggente (it)
- Kazakh: зерделі (zerdeli)
- 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)
- Catalan: clarivident (ca)
- Czech: jasnovidný
- Danish: clairvoyant , synsk
- Dutch: paragnost (nl) m, helderziende (nl)
- Finnish: selvänäköinen
- French: clairvoyant (fr)
- Galician: clarividente m or f
- German: hellseherisch
- Italian: prognostico (it) m, pronostico (it) m, sensitivo (it) m
- Kazakh: зерделілік (zerdelilik)
- Macedonian: ви́довит m (vídovit)
- Māori: 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 (köripkel)
- Macedonian: видовит m (vidovit)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: synsk , clairvoyant
- Polish: jasnowidzący
- Portuguese: clarividente (pt)
- Russian: яснови́дящий (ru) (jasnovídjaščij)
- Spanish: clarividente (es) , vidente (es) , previdente
- Swedish: klärvoajant (sv) , synsk (sv) , fjärrsynt (sv)
- Ukrainian: ясновидячий m (jasnovydjačyj)
insightful
- Spanish: clarividente (es)
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
- Italian: (please verify) chiaroveggente (it) m or f
Noun
[edit ]clairvoyant (plural clairvoyants )
- A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
- A person able to foresee the future
Synonyms
[edit ]- (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
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
- Bulgarian: ясновидец (bg) m (jasnovidec)
- Catalan: clarveient m (restorationist), clarivident (ca) (hispanism)
- Czech: jasnovidec (cs) m
- Finnish: selvänäkijä (fi)
- French: voyant (fr) m
- Georgian: ნათელმხილველი (natelmxilveli)
- German: Hellseher (de) m, Hellseherin (de) f
- Irish: bean feasa f (female)
- Italian: chiaroveggente (it) m or f, sensitivo (it) m
- Kazakh: көріпкел (köripkel), сәуегей (säwegey)
- Macedonian: јасно́видец m (jasnóvidec), јасно́витка f (jasnóvitka)
- Māori: 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
- Spanish: clarividente (es) m or f
- 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 (säwegey)
- 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
- Spanish: clarividente (es) m or f
- Swedish: klärvoajant (sv)
- Turkish:
- Ottoman Turkish: فالجی (falcı)
- Ukrainian: яснови́дець (uk) m (jasnovýdecʹ), яснови́диця (uk) f (jasnovýdycja)
External links
[edit ]- Improving Clairvoyant: Reduction algorithm resilient to imbalanced process arrival times
- What is a clairvoyant algorithm
Anagrams
[edit ]Danish
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From French clairvoyant .
Adjective
[edit ]clairvoyant (neuter clairvoyant, plural and definite singular attributive clairvoyante )
- clairvoyant (of, or relating to clairvoyance)
- Synonym: synsk
Inflection
[edit ]| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | clairvoyant | — | —2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | clairvoyant | — | —2 |
| plural | clairvoyante | — | —2 |
| definite attributive1 | clairvoyante | — | — |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Noun
[edit ]clairvoyant c (singular definite clairvoyanten , plural indefinite clairvoyanter )
Declension
[edit ]| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | clairvoyant | clairvoyanten | clairvoyanter | clairvoyanterne |
| genitive | clairvoyants | clairvoyantens | clairvoyanters | clairvoyanternes |
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[edit ]References
[edit ]French
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Univerbation of clair voyant , from voir clair .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]clairvoyant (feminine clairvoyante , masculine plural clairvoyants , feminine plural clairvoyantes )
Further reading
[edit ]- "clairvoyant", in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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