éclipse
See also: eclipse, éclipsé, and eclipsé
French
éclipse
Etymology
From Latin eclīpsis (“eclipse”), from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “I abandon”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “I leave behind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.klips/
Audio (file) - Homophones: éclipsent, éclipses
- Hyphenation: é‧clipse
Noun
éclipse f (plural éclipses)
- (astronomy) eclipse
Derived terms
Derived terms
- éclipse annulaire
- éclipse lunaire
- éclipse partielle
- éclipser
- éclipse solaire
- éclipse totale
Verb
éclipse
- inflection of éclipser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “éclipse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.