éclaircissement

A form of eclaircissement — An explanation of something obscure or unknown; clarification, enlightenment.

Meanings

nounéclaircissement (countable and uncountable, plural éclaircissements)

plural éclaircissements

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of eclaircissement.

Origin

  1. Frenchéclaircissement
  2. Englishéclaircissement

Borrowed from French éclaircissement.

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