esclat

Catalan

Noun

esclat m (plural esclats)

1. explosion
2. shine
3. glare

Middle French

Etymology

Old French esclat.

Noun

esclat m (plural esclatz)

1. shard (broken piece of material)

Descendants

• French: éclat

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, causative of *slītaną (“to cut up, split”).

Noun

esclat oblique singular, m (oblique plural esclaz or esclatz, nominative singular esclaz or esclatz, nominative plural esclat)

1. shard (broken piece of material)

Descendants

• French: éclat
• Norman: êcliat (Jersey)