éclisse
See also: eclisse
French
Etymology
From Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”) (whence also English slice), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to German Schlitz and English slit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.klis/
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Noun
éclisse f (plural éclisses)
- splint
- spline
- (rail transport) fishplate
Descendants
- → Catalan: eclissa
- → Portuguese: eclissa
Further reading
- “éclisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.