éclat

Meaning

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

Concepts

splinter

shine

sliver

brilliance

glare

splendor

chip

flash

sheen

dazzle

fragment

flake

brightness

burst

glitter

radiance

sparkle

glow

glory

luster

refulgence

shard

fire

gloss

splendour

chips

wood chips

gleam

glimmer

glamour

shout

flush

glaze

broken pieces

blaze

brilliancy

eruption

flare

glance

glossiness

lustre

polish

radiancy

salvo

shiver

gunfire

gunshot

report

spendour

charm

blare

sherd

bit

fleck

scrap

round

éclat

shatter

lambency

luminosity

refulgency

shininess

Tvisha

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.kla/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Je crus entendre un éclat de rire dissimulé .

I thought I heard a hidden burst of laughter.