éclair

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French éclair.

Pronunciation

Noun

éclair (plural éclairs)

  1. A small chocolate-covered creme-filled pastry puff in a general oblong shape, typically larger than the miniature French version.

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French

Etymology

Deverbal from éclairer.

Pronunciation

Noun

éclair m (plural éclairs)

éclairs (sense 4) au chocolat
  1. lightning bolt
  2. flash
  3. sparkle
  4. éclair (pastry)
    éclair au cafécoffee éclair
    éclair au chocolatchocolate éclair

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

éclair (invariable)

  1. (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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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éclair.

Pronunciation

Noun

éclair m

  1. éclair

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French éclair.

Pronunciation

Noun

éclair m

  1. éclair

Usage notes

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French éclair.

Noun

éclair c

  1. éclair

Declension