éclipse

From Latin eclīpsis (“eclipse”), from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “to abandon”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “to leave behind”).

• IPA^(key): /e.klips/

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• Homophones: éclipsent, éclipses
• Hyphenation: é‧clipse

éclipse f (plural éclipses)

1. (astronomy) eclipse

éclipse

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

• “éclipse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.