clairvoyant

From French clairvoyant, from clair (“clear”) + voyant (“seeing”), present participle of voir (“see”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌklɛəˈvɔɪ.ənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌklɛɹˈvɔɪ.ənt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ənt

clairvoyant (comparative more clairvoyant, superlative most clairvoyant)

1. Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
2. Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
3. Able to foresee the future.
4. Having great insight; sagacious.
5. (computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.

• The feminine form clairvoyante is also used, though rarely.

• clairvoyantly
• nonclairvoyant
• semiclairvoyant

• clairvoyance
• clairvoyancy
• clairvoyee
• visionary

clairvoyant (plural clairvoyants)

1. A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
2. A person able to foresee the future

• (person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses): medium, mystic, seer
• (person able to foresee the future): fortune teller

• clairvoyante

• Improving Clairvoyant: Reduction algorithm resilient to imbalanced process arrival times
• What is a clairvoyant algorithm

• covariantly

Univerbation of clair voyant, from voir clair.

• IPA^(key): /klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃/

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clairvoyant (feminine clairvoyante, masculine plural clairvoyants, feminine plural clairvoyantes)

1. clairvoyant

• “clairvoyant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.