éclat

Significat (anglès)

1. brilliance, shine, lustre
2. fragment
3. Strong reaction; scandal
4. clap, peal (of thunder, laughter)
5. tinder, kindling

Gènere

♂️ Masculí

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/e.kla/

Etimologia (anglès)

Deverbal from éclater (“to burst”), from Middle French esclater (“to break, break violently”), from Old French esclater (“to separate from, sunder out”) (deverbal also in Old French esclat), from Frankish *slaitan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to cut up, split”). Akin to Old High German sleizan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split”). More at slice, slit, slate, slat.

Sents

Je crus entendre un éclat de rire dissimulé .

I thought I heard a hidden burst of laughter.