See also: eclair and Eclair

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Borrowed from French éclair.

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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

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Etymology

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Deverbal from éclairer.

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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

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Adjective

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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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French éclair.

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éclair m

  1. éclair

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French éclair.

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  • IPA(key): /eˈkleɾ/ [eˈkleɾ]

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éclair m

  1. éclair

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French éclair.

Noun

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éclair c

  1. éclair

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