Definition of En clair

1. Adverb. In ordinary language.

Definition of En clair

1. Adverb. (context: of the transmission of a signal) In clear language without any encryption ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of En Clair

emyd
emyde
emydea
emydes
emyds
emylcamate
emys
en
en-
en- -en
en-dash
en-suite
en banc
en bloc
en clair (current term)
en dash
en dashes
en deshabille
en famille
en flute
en garde
en grappe
en pointe
en prise
en quad

Literary usage of En clair

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1872)
"... it was transmitted en clair—that is to say, not in the cipher which usually veils diplomatic telegrams, and hence the ability of " enterprise" in ..."

2. On the Manner of Negotiating with Princes: On the Uses of Diplomacy; the by Callières (François de), Callières (François), Frederick Whyte (1919)
"... known one or two cases, where the less important part of a despatch was written en clair, and the ambassador himself added the vital part in cipher. ..."

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