clarisse
French, noun/kla.ʁis/
clarisse is spelled C-L-A-R-I-S-S-E (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clarisse is a French feminine noun meaning “Poor Clare, a nun of the Order of Saint Clare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Religieuse cloîtrée appartenant à l’ordre des Clarisses”.
What does clarisse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininePoor Clare, a nun of the Order of Saint Clare
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Religieuse cloîtrée appartenant à l’ordre des Clarisses.
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 clarisse
- clarisses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clarisse?
- /kla.ʁis/
- \kla.ʁis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clarisse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clarisse in French?
clarisse appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).