éclore

Meaning

  1. to hatch (for an egg)
  2. (broadly) to bloom (for a flower)
  3. (figuratively) to hatch (to start, to begin existence)

Synonyms

s’épanouir

faire éclore

commencer à fleurir

sortir de la coque

être en fleur

s'épanouir

Frequency

26k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.klɔʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French esclore, from Vulgar Latin *exclaudere, remodelled from Latin exclūdere. Doublet of the borrowing exclure. Compare Piedmontese s-ciòde.

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