clairvoyant

adjective klehr-vwah-YAHN Rare

Also means

perceptive

Usage Note

Clairvoyant literally means 'clear-seeing' and can describe either genuine perceptiveness and sharp judgment or, in a more mystical sense, the ability to perceive things beyond normal senses. A clairvoyante (feminine) is a fortune-teller or psychic. The adjective is a compound of clair (clear) and voyant (seeing).

Examples

"Elle était assez clairvoyante pour éviter le piège."

Natural Translation

She was perceptive enough to avoid the trap.

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