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clairvoyance

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /klɛɹˈvɔɪəns/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /klɛəˈvɔɪəns/
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K L EH0 R V OY1 AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The power to see or perceive things, objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness; sagacity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: second sight, extrasensory perception, E.S.P., ESP

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: psychic phenomena, psychic phenomenon, parapsychology

Narrower terms: precognition, foreknowledge

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French clairvoyance.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: яснови́дство (jasnovídstvo) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Catalan: clarividència (hispanism) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Catalan: clarveiença (restorationist) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏪᎯ (adawehi) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 透視 /透视 (tòushì) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 千里眼 (qiānlǐyǎn) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Czech: jasnovidnost — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Czech: jasnovidectví — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Danish: clairvoyance — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Danish: klarsyn — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Danish: synskhed — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Dutch: helderziendheid — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Esperanto: klarvideco — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Estonian: selgeltnägemine — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Finnish: selvänäköisyys — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • French: clairvoyance — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Georgian: გულთმისნობა (gultmisnoba) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Georgian: ნათელმხილველობა (natelmxilveloba) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • German: Hellsehen — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • German: Hellseherei — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Hindi: दिव्यदृष्टि (divyadŕṣṭi) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Hindi: दिव्यज्ञान (divyajñān) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Hindi: परोक्षदर्शन (parokṣadarśan) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Hungarian: látnoki képesség — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Hungarian: éleslátás — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Icelandic: skyggnigáfa — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Indonesian: kewaskitaan — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Italian: chiaroveggenza — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Japanese: 透視 (tōshi) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Japanese: 千里眼 (senrigan) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Latvian: gaišredzība — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Latvian: tālredzība — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Lithuanian: aiškiaregystė — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Lithuanian: įžvalgumas — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Lithuanian: įžvalga — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Macedonian: видовитост (vidovitost) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Macedonian: јасновидност (jasnovidnost) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Norwegian: klarsynthet — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Occitan: clarvesença — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Polish: jasnowidzenie — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Polish: jasnowidztwo — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Portuguese: clarividência — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Romanian: clarviziune — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Russian: яснови́дение (jasnovídenije) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Scottish Gaelic: taibhsearachd — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Scottish Gaelic: dà-fhradharc — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Scottish Gaelic: dà-shealladh — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Serbo-Croatian: видовитост — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Serbo-Croatian: pronicljivost — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Serbo-Croatian: vidovitost — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Spanish: clarividencia — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Swedish: klärvoajans — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Swedish: synskhet — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Turkish: sağgörü — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Turkish: basiret — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Turkish: durugörü — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Ukrainian: яснови́діння (jasnovýdinnja) — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
  • Volapük: kleililogam — the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses