éclaire

See also: éclairé

French

Etymology

(13th century) Deverbal without suffix of éclaircir, because this plant was reputed to brighten the view.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.klɛʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

éclaire f (plural éclaires)

  1. (botany) Synonym of chélidoine (celandine)
    • 1787, Pons Augustin Alletz, L'agronome ou dictionnaire portatif du cultivateur [The Agronomist or Cultivator’s Portable Dictionary], Chez le veuve de Pierre Dumesnil, rue de la Chaîne:
      Prenez des feuilles de la petite chélidoine ou éclaire non lavées, & une poignée de racines lavées & essuyées.
      Take some unwashed lesser celandine or lightning leaves, & a handful of washed & dried roots.
  2. (botany) Synonym of renoncule ficaire (lesser celandine)

Derived terms

Verb

éclaire

  1. inflection of éclairer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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