cler

From Old French cler.

cler

1. shining, bright
   • a. 1450, John Lydgate:

     Thy place is bygged above the sterres clere

• “clẹ̄r, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• clair

From Old French cler, from Latin clārus.

cler m (feminine singular clere, masculine plural clers, feminine plural cleres)

1. bright, well-lit, not dark
2. clear (visible)
   • 1550, Joachim du Bellay, L'Olive:

     L'obscur m'est cler, et la lumiere obscure.

     The dark is clear to me, the light is dark

• French: clair

• clar (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)

From Latin clārus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleːɾ/

cler m (oblique and nominative feminine singular clere)

1. bright, well-lit, not dark
2. clear (visible)

• clarté

• → English: clear
• Middle French: cler, clair
  • French: clair

From Latin clerus. Doublet of cliros.

cler n (plural cleruri)

1. clergy

• clar (Sursilvan)

From Latin clārus, clāra.

cler m (feminine singular clera, masculine plural clers, feminine plural cleras)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) clear, light
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) light-coloured, fair