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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French eclipse, from Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “I abandon, go missing, vanish”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “I leave behind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːˈklɪps/
- Hyphenation: eclips
- Rhymes: -ɪps
Noun
eclips f (plural eclipsen)
- (astronomy) eclipse, the blocking of light to a celestial body by another celestial body
- Synonym: verduistering
- (ornithology) eclipse plumage, a type of inconspicuous plumage briefly worn by moulting (and thus temporarily vulnerable) male ducks
- Synonym: eclipskleed
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