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éclair
[ ey-klair, ih-klair, ey-klair ]
noun
- a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
éclair
/ ɪˈklɛə; eɪˈklɛə /
noun
- a finger-shaped cake of choux pastry, usually filled with cream and covered with chocolate
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of éclair1
C19: from French, literally: lightning (probably so called because it does not last long), from éclairer, from Latin clārāre to make bright, from clārus bright
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Example Sentences
And a second ride which Mr. Eclair soon afterwards took turned out equally successful.
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Then each chose her own dessert, Dorothy taking a chocolate eclair, Edna peach ice-cream and Jennie charlotte russe.
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The French authorities have given the name Feux-Eclair to flashing lights of short duration.
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He had liver and onions and a chocolate eclair and felt that he needed a woman to look after him.
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Chow broke in, bringing a lunch tray with milk, a hot chicken sandwich, and a chocolate eclair.
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