éclat

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.

Masculine

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.kla/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French

esclater

Inherited from Old French

esclater

Cognate with Old High German

sleizan

Cognate with Old English

slītan

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