English

Proper noun

Clara

1. A female given name.
   • 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:

     But the fashion spreads deeper and wider; the village is infected and the village green; Amelias and Claras sweep your rooms and cook your dinners, gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline.

   • 1956 Tad Mosel: Other People's Houses. Six Television Plays. page 123:

     My mother called me Clara. And everybody else called me Clara until I was fourteen years old. Then I got sick of it. Clara! Sounds like breaking glass. Did you ever stop to think of that, Frank? Say it fast and hit the C.

Related terms

• Clare, Claire, Clarice, Clarissa

Translations

Anagrams

• acral
• Carla

Danish

Alternative forms

• Klara

Proper noun

Clara

1. A female given name of Latin origin.

French

Etymology

From Italian Clara, Latin clara. Latinate variant of Claire.

Proper noun

Clara

1. A female given name.
   • 1857 Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary: Part II, Chapter III: (translation by Eleanor Marx-Aveling)

     Pendant sa convalescence, elle s’occupa beaucoup à chercher un nom pour sa fille. D’abord, elle passa en revue tous ceux qui avaient des terminaisons italiennes, tels que Clara, Louisa, Amanda, Atala ; elle aimait assez Galsuinde, plus encore Yseult ou Léocadie.

     Whilst she was getting well she occupied herself much in seeking a name for her daughter. First she went over all those that have Italian endings, such as Clara, Louisa, Amanda, Atala; she liked Galsuinde pretty well, and Yseult or Leocadie still better.

Anagrams

• Carla
• racla

German

Alternative forms

• Klara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklaːʀa]
• Hyphenation: Cla‧ra

Proper noun

Clara

1. A female given name of Latin origin.

Related terms

• Clarissa

Italian

Proper noun

Clara

1. A female given name, a variant of Chiara.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ɾɐ/
• Homophone: clara

Proper noun

Clara f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Clara and Claire

Spanish

Proper noun

Clara ‎(f)

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Clara.

Swedish

Proper noun

Clara

1. A female given name, a less common spelling of Klara.

Catalan

Adjective

clara

1. feminine of clar

Latin

Adjective

clāra

1. nominative feminine singular of clārus
2. nominative neuter plural of clārus
3. accusative neuter plural of clārus
4. vocative feminine singular of clārus
5. nominative neuter plural of clārus

clārā

1. ablative feminine singular of clārus

References

• CLARA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

From claro.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: cla‧ra

Noun

clara f (plural claras)

1. The white (of an egg)

Adjective

clara f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective claro.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkla.ra]

Adjective

clara f sg

1. definite feminine singular nominative form of clar
2. definite feminine singular accusative form of clar

Spanish

Adjective

clara f sg

1. feminine singular of claro

Noun

clara f ‎(plural claras)

1. The white (of an egg)
2. (Spain) shandy