clair de lune

¹ American  

[klair dl-oon, duh loon] / ˌklɛər dlˈun, də ˈlun /

noun

1. a pale-green color.

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

3. porcelain glazed with this color.

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Clair de Lune ² American  

[klair dl oon, duh loon, kler duh lyn] / ˌklɛər dl ˈun, də ˈlun, klɛr də ˈlün /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of clair de lune

1875–80; < French: literally, moonlight

Example Sentences

The overfamiliarity of selections like “Clair de Lune” and “Aranjuez” is intentional, a nose-thumbing joke, as the inclusion of the title theme from “Star Wars” makes amusingly obvious.

From New York Times

The beloved author of “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune,” he received a fifth Tony for lifetime achievement in 2019, a year before his death.

From Los Angeles Times

To honor him, he played one of Barenboim’s favorite pieces, Debussy’s “Clair de Lune,” as an encore.

From New York Times

In Berlioz’s “Les Nuits d’Éte,” he lingered in a soft, exquisite falsetto throughout the song “Au cimetière: clair de lune,” but in the work’s opening “Villanelle” the move from forte to piano was accompanied by a gravelly transition.

From New York Times

She first worked with an intimacy director in 2019, when Claire Warden helped stage the nude scenes and other physical interactions between her and her co-star, Michael Shannon, in “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.”

From New York Times