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Webster 1913 Edition

Clairvoyance

Clair-voy′ance

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Noun.

[F.]

A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discerning objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.

Definition 2025

clairvoyance

clairvoyance

English

Noun

clairvoyance ‎(usually uncountable, plural clairvoyances)

(parapsychology) The power to see the future.

Hyponyms

Related terms

clairvoyant

Translations

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

Bulgarian: ясновидство n ‎(jasnovídstvo)
Catalan: clarividència (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 透視 (zh), 透视 (zh) ‎(tòushì), 千里眼 (zh) ‎(qiānlǐyǎn)
Czech: jasnovidnost f, jasnovidectví (cs) n
Danish: clairvoyance c, klarsyn n, synskhed c
Dutch: helderziendheid (nl) f
Estonian: selgeltnägemine
Finnish: selvänäköisyys (fi)
French: clairvoyance (fr) f
Georgian: გულთმისნობა ‎(gultmisnoba), ნათელმხილველობა ‎(natelmxilveloba)
German: Hellsehen n, Hellseherei (de) f
Hungarian: látnoki képesség, éleslátás (hu)
Icelandic: skyggnigáfa
Indonesian: kewaskitaan (id)
Italian: chiaroveggenza (it) f

Japanese: 透視 ‎(とうし, tōshi)
Latvian: gaišredzība, tālredzība
Lithuanian: aiškiaregystė, įžvalgumas, įžvalga
Macedonian: видовитост f ‎(vidóvitost), јасновидност f ‎(jasnovídnost)
Norwegian: klarsynthet
Polish: jasnowidzenie 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
Swedish: klärvoajans (sv)
Turkish: sağgörü (tr), basiret (tr), durugörü
Ukrainian: ясновидіння (uk) n ‎(jasnovýdinnja)
Volapük: kleililogam

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /klɛʁvwajɑ̃s/

Noun

clairvoyance f ‎(plural clairvoyances)

clairvoyance