different between clairin vs clairon

English

Alternative forms

• kleren
• klerin

Noun

clairin (uncountable)

1. A strong Haitian spirit, similar to rum, made from cane sugar.
   • 1988, Wade Davis, Passage of Darkness, p. 167:

     The antidote prepared in the Valley of Léogane consisted solely of ammonia, clairin, and various aromatic solutions purchased at the local apothecary.

   • 1995, Mama Lola & Karen McCarthy Brown, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 227:

     I open the door to my altar, spill a little kleren three times, talk with my spirits […].

   • 2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster 2013, p. 10:

     The sunny days were filled with incident and his bottle was filled with klerin.

Translations

Anagrams

• Carlini

English

Noun

clairon (plural clairons)

1. (music) the second register of a clarinet.

See also

• chalumeau
• altissimo
• clarion

Anagrams

• Clarion, Locrian, acrinol, alicorn, carolin, clarino, clarion

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl?.???/

Noun

clairon m (plural clairons)

1. (music) bugle (music: a simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves)
2. bugler (someone who plays the bugle)
3. (music) clairon (saxophone register)

Derived terms

• claironner
• claironnement

Further reading

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