name
Meaning 1
A female given name from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Clarisse
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /kləˈriːs/
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General-American: /kleɪˈriːs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /klaˈriːs/
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CMU ARPABET: K L AE1 R IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: K L AH0 R IY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly such a nun who followed the original rules of Saint Clare of Assisi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Poor Clare
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarice.