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)

Descendants

→ Catalan: eclissa
→ Portuguese: eclissa

Further reading

“éclisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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