claire

/ˈklɛə/

claire · name — A female given name from French.

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claire is pronounced /ˈklɛə/.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Claire, also a spelling variant of the English Clare.

name

A female given name from French.
A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Clare.e.g.“When we arrived in Hangchow, all the pilots were honored at a big banquet given by that famous American general with a lady's name, Claire Chennault.” — 1991, Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife, Ivy Books, →ISBN, page 203:

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By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

yair 54% match — An enclosure for catching salmon as the tide ebbs. vs claire →
oystery 54% match — A fishery for oysters; a place where oysters are kept and grown. vs claire →
oysterbank 53% match — A bank or bed of oysters. vs claire →
creek 52% match — A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary. vs claire →
cowpool 52% match — A pond used by cows. vs claire →
creekshell 52% match — Any of various freshwater mussels vs claire →
creeklet 51% match — A small creek. vs claire →
clamflat 51% match — A flat area of mud populated by clams vs claire →