Claire
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈklɛə//
- United Kingdom/[ˈkʰl̥ɛə]/
- Australia//ˈkleː//
- Australia/[ˈkʰl̥eː]/
- //ˈkle̝ə//
A female given name from French.
proper noun
- 1
A female given name from French.
A woman named Claire should be able to describe the moon. Clair de Lune was of course one of Claire's favourite pieces of piano music.
- 2
A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Clare.
When we arrived in Hangchow, all the pilots were honored at a big banquet given by that famous American general with a lady's name, Claire Chennault.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Claire, also a spelling variant of the English Clare.