clerc

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

• IPA^(key): /klɛʁ/

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• Homophones: clair, claire, claires, clairs, clercs

clerc m (plural clercs, feminine clergesse or cléresse or clerque)

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

• grand clerc

• clergé
• clérical

• “clerc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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/, [klerˠk]

clerc m

1. clergyman, clerk

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: clerc
  • English: clerk

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

clerc oblique singular, 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

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “clēricus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 774