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Clarisse is a female given name borrowed from French, derived from the Italian and Latin name Clarissa, originally denoting a nun of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare.It is a combination of St. Clare of Assisi's Latin name Clara (originally meaning "clear" and "bright") and the suffix -issa, equivalent to -ess.
Clarissa is a female given name borrowed from Latin, Italian, and Portuguese, [1] originally denoting a nun of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare. It is a combination of St. Clare of Assisi's Latin name Clara (originally meaning "clear" and "bright") and the suffix -issa, equivalent to -ess.
Clarice is a female given name, an anglicization of the French Clarisse, derived from the Latin and Italian name Clarissa, originally used in reference to the nuns of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare, whose own name ultimately derives from clara ("clear" and "bright"). It can also be a female form of the male name Clarence. It may refer to:
Fresco of Saint Clare and nuns of her order, Chapel of San Damiano, Assisi. The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare (Latin: Ordo Sanctae Clarae), originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as the Clarisses or Clarissines, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis, are members of an enclosed order of nuns in the ...
Clara, Clair/Claire, Clarissa, Clarisse, Clarice, Clarence, Clar Clare / ˈ k l ɛər / is a given name, the Medieval English form of Clara . [ 1 ] The related name Clair was traditionally considered male, especially when spelled without an 'e', [ 2 ] but Clare and Claire are usually, but not always, female.
Clarisse (given name) Eddy Clarisse (born 1972), a retired badminton player from Mauritius; Clarisse (Percy Jackson), a female character in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians book
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from P to Z. See also the lists from A to G and from H to O . Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are not listed here but instead in the entry for List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes .