éclore

Meaning

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

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.klɔʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French esclore, from Vulgar Latin *exclaudere, remodelled from Latin exclūdere. By surface analysis, é- + clore. Doublet of the borrowing exclure. Compare Piedmontese s-ciòde.

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