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/
Audio (France, Lyon) (file)
Noun
éclaire f (plural éclaires)
- (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.
- (botany) Synonym of renoncule ficaire (“lesser celandine”)
Derived terms
- éclairette
- grande éclaire
Verb
éclaire
- inflection of éclairer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “éclaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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