clair de lune

[ klair dl-oon, duh-loon ]

noun
  1. a pale-green color.

  2. a very pale blue color, tinged with lavender, used as a glaze on Chinese porcelain.

  1. porcelain glazed with this color.

Origin of clair de lune

1
1875–80; <French: literally, moonlight

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Other definitions for Clair de Lune (2 of 2)

Clair de Lune
[ klair dl oon, duh-loon; French klerduh-lyn ]

noun
  1. a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.

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How to use clair de lune in a sentence

  • The Duchess in clair de lune implored her gentleman friend to speak to her roughly, using hedge and highroad talk.

    Pieces of Hate | Heywood Broun
  • Old Clair-de-Lune alone was fresh and ready, and able in his broken English to tell us what he wished.

    The House Under the Sea | Sir Max Pemberton
  • I did not wonder that old Clair-de-Lune was silent when he looked down upon a scene so grand.

    The House Under the Sea | Sir Max Pemberton
  • Night and morning Clair-de-Lune and the little girls found their way up to us with bread and meat and the news that was passing.

    The House Under the Sea | Sir Max Pemberton
  • Old Clair-de-Lune is with me, but silence is in the house below, where some sleep and some are seeking sleep.

    The House Under the Sea | Sir Max Pemberton