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en clair
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adverb
(especially of diplomatic messages) in ordinary language; not written or sent in code or cipher.
en clair
/ ɑ̃ klɛr /
adverb
in ordinary language; not in cipher
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of en clair1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of en clair1
Example Sentences
The Russian Ambassador also despatched an urgent message en clair to his Government embodying the contradiction communicated by the Wilhelmstrasse.
P.S.—The cypher will be better set by the last letter of the word en clair, immediately preceding the cyphered part of the letter.
I sent off a long telegram in cypher to the Stockholm Legation, making certain inquiries, and a longer one en clair to the British Consul at Gothenburg.
The cypher may be set by the first letter, which is written en clair, as I in this letter.
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