Clair

American  

[klair, kler] / klɛər, klɛr /

noun

1. René 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.

2. a male or female given name.

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Clair British  

/ klɛr /

noun

1. René (rəne), real name René Chomette. 1898–1981, French film director; noted for his comedies including An Italian Straw Hat (1928) and pioneering sound films such as Sous les toits de Paris (1930); later films include Les Belles de nuit (1952)

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Example Sentences

Magna International’s $575 million EV parts factory in St. Clair, Michigan, is mostly empty due to a U.S. auto industry pullback on EV investments.

From The Wall Street Journal

CLAIR, Mich.—At first, North America’s biggest auto-parts supplier was thrilled to snag the job of making enclosures for the batteries in General Motors’ new electric pickup.

From The Wall Street Journal

A Magna team recently walked through the St. Clair EV parts factory trying to figure out what equipment might be repurposed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many of the hundreds of workers hired and then laid off by Magna in St. Clair have had other job opportunities with nearby factories looking for workers.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is Magna, which has more than 300 factories around the globe and parts in nearly every car on the road today, that has been left holding the keys to a largely deserted St. Clair building that is bigger than 20 football fields.

From The Wall Street Journal