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"Clair de lune" - what does it mean could anyone please tell me?
Dec 16, 2009 4:41 PM
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"Clair de lune" just means 'moonlight.' ('de' is possessive; 'clair' = light). "Enlightenment" in French is also "l'Eclairage" (as in what we call the era after the Dark Ages).
"Au clair de la lune" = Under the moonlight. Like in the well-known French song:
Au clair de la lune
Mon ami Pierrot
Prête-moi ta plume
Pour écrire un mot
Ma chandelle est morte
Je n'ai plus de feu
Ouvre-moi ta porte
Pour l'amour de Dieu.
Etc.
December 19, 2009
Clair de lune Pronunciation (klâr d ln) is a French term translated as light +moon.
Meaning
1. A pale, grayish-blue glaze applied to various kinds of Chinese porcelain.
2. The color of such a glaze.
December 16, 2009
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