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au clair

French, prepositional phrase/o klɛʁ/

au clair is a French prepositional phrase meaning “clear (free of doubt, who has understood the situation clearly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does au clair mean in English?

prepositional phrase

  1. 1

    clear (free of doubt, who has understood the situation clearly)

    être au clair sur quelque chose

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. Tirée hors de son fourreau, en parlant d’une arme. 2. Présenté d’une façon complète et sans ambiguïté.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce au clair?

  • /o klɛʁ/
  • \o klɛʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.