clerc

From Old French clerc, from Late Latin clēricus (“clergyman, priest”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).

• IPA^(key): /klɛʁ/

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• Homophone: clair

clerc m (plural clercs)

1. a clergyman, usually in Christianity
2. clerk (office worker)

• clergé
• clérical

• “clerc” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus (“clergyman, priest”)

clerc

1. a clergyman, usually in Christianity

• English: clerk

Borrowed from Late Latin clēricus (“clergyman, priest”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).

• IPA^(key): /klerk/

clerc m

1. clergyman, clerk

• Middle English: clerc
  • English: clerk

From Late Latin clēricus (“clergyman, priest”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).

clerc m (oblique plural clers, nominative singular clers, nominative plural clerc)

1. a clergyman, usually in Christianity

• French: clerc
• Norman: clèrc

From Late Latin clēricus (“clergyman, priest”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).

clerc m (oblique plural clercs, nominative singular clercs, nominative plural clerc)

1. a clergyman, usually in Christianity

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “clēricus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20, page 774