"clair de lune" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Borrowed from French clair de lune (“moonlight”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|clair de lune|t=moonlight}} French clair de lune (“moonlight”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-|nolinkhead=1}} clair de lune (not comparable)
  1. Of a pale bluish-gray colour. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Blues, Greys
    Sense id: en-clair_de_lune-en-adj-nMj3VbS2 Disambiguation of Blues: 48 52 Disambiguation of Greys: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French clair de lune (“moonlight”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|clair de lune|t=moonlight}} French clair de lune (“moonlight”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?|nolinkhead=1}} clair de lune
  1. A pale bluish-gray colour. Categories (topical): Blues, Greys
    Sense id: en-clair_de_lune-en-noun-FFp0Dq3H Disambiguation of Blues: 48 52 Disambiguation of Greys: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52

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