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éclair

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈklɛə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /eɪ-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɪˈklɛɹ/
  • Australian: /ɪˈkleː/
  • New-Zealand: /ɪˈkleə/ without the cheer–chair merger
  • /ɪˈkliə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
  • Scotland: /ɪˈkleɹ/
  • /ɪˈklɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

A small, chocolate-covered, creme-filled pastry puff in a general oblong shape, typically larger than the miniature French version.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *kelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h1rós Proto-Italic *klāros Latin clārus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin clārō Latin exclārāre Vulgar Latin *exclāriāre Old French esclairer French éclairerdeverb. French éclairbor. English éclair Borrowed from French éclair.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِكْلِير (ʔiklīr) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Arabic: إكلير (iklēr) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Armenian: էկլեր (ēkler) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Azerbaijani: ekler — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Belarusian: эклер (ekljer) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Bulgarian: еклер (ekler) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Czech: éclair — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Dutch: eclair — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Estonian: ekläär — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Finnish: eclair — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Finnish: tuulihattu — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • French: éclair — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • German: Eclair — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • German: Liebesknochen — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • German: Hasenpfote — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Greek: εκλέρ (eklér) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Hindi: एक्लेयर (ekleyar) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Indonesian: eklair — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Italian: éclair — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Japanese: エクレア (ekurea) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Japanese: エクレール (ekurēru) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Kazakh: эклер (ékler) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Korean: 에클레어 (ekeulleeo) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Korean: 에클레르 (ekeullereu) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Macedonian: еклер (ekler) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Persian: اکلر (ekler) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Polish: ekler — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Polish: eklerka — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Polish: eklerek — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Portuguese: ecler — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Portuguese: bomba de chocolate — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Romanian: ecler — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Russian: экле́р (eklér) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Serbo-Croatian: еклер — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Serbo-Croatian: ekler — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Spanish: éclair — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Swedish: éclair — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Turkish: ekler — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Uzbek: ekler — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Yiddish: עקלער (ekler) — oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry