éclair
English edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈklɛə/, /eɪ-/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈklɛɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Noun edit
éclair (plural éclairs)
- A small chocolate-covered creme-filled pastry puff in a general oblong shape, typically larger than the miniature French version.
Translations edit
oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
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French edit
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Noun edit
éclair m (plural éclairs)
- lightning bolt
- flash
- sparkle
- éclair (pastry)
- éclair au café ― coffee éclair
- éclair au chocolat ― chocolate éclair
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Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: еклер (ekler)
- → Dutch: eclair
- → English: éclair
- → German: Eclair
- → Greek: εκλέρ (eklér), εκλαίρ n (eklaír)
- → Italian: éclair
- → Macedonian: еклер (ekler)
- → Polish: ekler
- → Portuguese: ecler
- → Romanian: ecler
- → Russian: экле́р (eklér)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: éclair
- → Swedish: éclair
- → Turkish: ekler
Adjective edit
éclair (invariable)
- (postpositive, idiomatic) very fast
- 1866, Victor Hugo, Correspondance : t. 2 : 1849-1866:
- Que je voudrais être, pour parler comme Saint-Simon, bombardé votant de Guernesey aux Quatre-Nations, le 23, crever le dôme de l’Institut et tomber au milieu de ces prunelles rondes, avec le vote-éclair : Jules Janin.
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Further reading edit
- “éclair”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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éclair m
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French éclair.
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éclair m
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Swedish edit
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Noun edit
éclair c
Declension edit
Declension of éclair | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | éclair | éclairen | éclairer | éclairerna |
Genitive | éclairs | éclairens | éclairers | éclairernas |