clairance
French, noun/klɛ.ʁɑ̃s/
clairance is spelled C-L-A-I-R-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clairance is a French feminine noun meaning “clearance (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Autorisation donnée à un navire ou un aéronef de faire mouvement”.
What does clairance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclearance (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Autorisation donnée à un navire ou un aéronef de faire mouvement. 2. Paramètre biologique désignant la capacité d'un tissu, organe ou organisme à éliminer une substance donnée d'un fluide (le sang, la lymphe, etc.). 3. Coefficient d’épuration plasmatique brute d’un corps, par voie extra-rénale aussi bien que rénale.
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.
Forms of clairance
- clairances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clairance?
- /klɛ.ʁɑ̃s/
- /kle.ʁɑ̃s/
- \klɛ.ʁɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is clairance in French?
clairance appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).