éclair

UK/ɪˈklɛə/UK/eɪ-/US/ɪˈklɛɹ/Australia/ɪˈkleː/

noun

A small, chocolate-covered, creme-filled pastry puff in a general oblong shape, typically larger than the miniature French version.

OriginFrench éclair ← Old French esclairer ← Vulgar Latin *exclāriāre →
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Meanings

nounéclair (plural éclairs)

plural éclairs · alternative eclair

  1. A small, chocolate-covered, creme-filled pastry puff in a general oblong shape, typically larger than the miniature French version.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kl̥h₁rós
  8. Proto-Italic*klāros
  9. Latinclārus
  10. Latinclārō
  11. Latinexclārāre
  12. Vulgar Latin*exclāriāre
  13. Old Frenchesclairer
  14. Frenchéclairerdeverb.
  15. Frenchéclair
  16. Englishéclair

Borrowed from French éclair.

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Translations

Arabic إِكْلِير
  • إِكْلِير (ʔiklīr)oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Bulgarian еклер
  • еклер (ekler)oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Czech éclair
  • éclairoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Dutch eclair
  • eclairoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Estonian ekläär
  • eklääroblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Finnish eclair, tuulihattu
  • eclairoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • tuulihattuoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
French éclair
  • éclairoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
German Eclair, Liebesknochen
  • Eclairoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Liebesknochenoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • Hasenpfoteoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Greek εκλέρ
  • εκλέρ (eklér)oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Hindi एक्लेयर
  • एक्लेयर (ekleyar)oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Indonesian eklair
  • eklairoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Italian éclair
  • éclairoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Japanese エクレア, エクレール
  • エクレア (ekurea)oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • エクレール (ekurēru)oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Korean 에클레어, 에클레르
  • 에클레어 (ekeulleeo)oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • 에클레르 (ekeullereu)oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Persian اکلر
  • اکلر (ekler)oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Polish ekler, eklerka
  • ekleroblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • eklerkaoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • eklerekoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Portuguese ecler, bomba de chocolate
  • ecleroblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
  • bomba de chocolateoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Romanian ecler
  • ecleroblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Russian экле́р
  • экле́р (eklér)oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Spanish éclair
  • éclairoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Swedish éclair
  • éclairoblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Turkish ekler
  • ekleroblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry
Yiddish עקלער
  • עקלער (ekler)oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with éclair

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Cite this entry
APA

éclair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9clair

MLA

“éclair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9clair. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “éclair,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9clair.

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