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Definition: Eclair |
EclairNoun1. Oblong cream puff. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eclair" was first used: 1861. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ECLAIR | English | Multiannual programme(1988 to 1993)for biotechnology-based agro-industrial research and technology development-European collaborative linkage of agriculture and industry through research | Food & Agriculture, Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Eclair |
| English words defined with "eclair": chocolate eclair. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Jenny Eclair Squats (1997) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Spain | They also provide programs targeting specific sectors such as SPRINT, JOULE, VALOREM, ESPRIT, DRIVE, BRITE-EURAM, ECLAIR, COMETT II, STAR, etc. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Eclair" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Eclair" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 87.5% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 12.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "eclair": chocolate eclair. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
eclair | 38 | eclair video | 3 |
cake chocolate eclair | 32 | cm3 eclair | 3 |
cake eclair | 30 | eclair est | 3 |
eclair recipe | 26 | eclair jenny | 3 |
chocolate eclair | 22 | eclair pie | 3 |
chocolate dessert eclair | 15 | eclair acl | 2 |
chocolate eclair recipe | 13 | chocolate eclair pie | 2 |
cake chocolate eclair recipe | 10 | camera eclair | 2 |
eclair popup | 8 | eclair fermetures | 2 |
cake eclair recipe | 8 | dessert eclair recipe | 2 |
eclair nord | 7 | eclair filling | 2 |
dessert eclair | 4 | depart eclair | 2 |
eclair pastry | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "eclair"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | eclair. (various references) | |
Dutch | langwerpige roomsoes. (various references) | |
Farsi | شیرینی خامه داروبستنی دار. (various references) | |
Finnish | tuulihattu (fickle person, weathercock). (various references) | |
French | bigné, éclair. (various references) | |
German | Eclair. (various references) | |
Greek | εκλαίρ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | פחז ית (puff pastry). (various references) | |
Hungarian | piskóta alakú képviselőfánk. (various references) | |
Italian | bigné. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | エクリン腺 (a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels, eccrine gland, echo, echo back, ecocide, Ecole de Paris, ecological mark, ecology, econometrics, economic animal, economical, economics, economist, economy, economy class, ecosystem, executive, executive class, existence, exit). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | エクレーア , エクレア . (various references) | |
Manx | eddrymag. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eclairay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | éclair. (various references) | |
Russian | эклер. (various references) | |
Spanish | pastelillo relleno de crema. (various references) | |
Swedish | éclair (éclair). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | exclarare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "eclair": eclaircissement, eclaircissements, eclairs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lacier. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-r" | |
-1 letter: areic, ariel, carle, ceria, clear, erica, ileac, lacer, relic. | |
-2 letters: acre, alec, aril, care, carl, ceil, cire, earl, ilea, lace, laic, lair, lari, lear, liar, lice, lier, lira, lire, race, rail, rale, real, rial, rice, riel, rile. | |
-3 letters: ace, ail, air, ale, arc, are, car, cel, ear, era, ice, ire, lac, lar, lea. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-r" | |
+1 letter: article, auricle, caliber, calibre, caliper, calorie, cariole, carline, caviler, charlie, claimer, claries, clavier, clayier, coalier, decrial, eclairs, glacier, gracile, loricae, miracle, radicel, radicle, recital, reclaim, replica, scalier, valeric. | |
+2 letters: acervuli, acrolein, albicore, allergic, articled, articles, auricled, auricles, barbicel, braciole, breccial, cabriole, calibers, calibred, calibres, calipers, calliper, calories, calorize, capriole, carioles, carlines, carriole, cavalier, cavilers, caviller, celeriac, cervical, chalkier, charlies, claimers, clammier, clarinet, classier, claviers, clearing, clerical, colinear, crawlier, creakily, creamily, decrials, erotical, fireclay, glaciers, graciles, hacklier, heraldic, heroical, irenical, lacertid, lanciers, leachier, literacy, loricate, metrical, micellar, millrace, miracles, parhelic, particle, peculiar, prelatic, radicels, radicles, recitals, reclaims, relacing, reliance, replicas, reticula, rocaille, spiracle, sterical, tailrace, tractile, vertical, visceral. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Abbreviations | 13. Acronyms 14. Derivations 15. Anagrams 16. Bibliography |
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