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Definitions: Eclat |
EclatNoun1. Enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved". 2. Ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses". 3. Brilliant or conspicuous success or effect: "the eclat of a great achievement". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eclat" was first used: 1674. (references) |
Synonyms: EclatSynonyms: acclaim (n), acclamation (n), plaudit (n), plaudits (n), pomp (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Repute | Noun: distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat, " the bubble reputation ", vogue, celebrity; fame, famousness; renown; popularity, aura popularis; approbation; credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure with. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Eclat |
| English words defined with "eclat": acclaim, acclamation ♦ plaudit, plaudits, pomp. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Yet the Middlesex Cattle Show goes off here with eclat annually, as if all the joints of the agricultural machine were suent. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Eclat" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Eclat" is used about 3 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) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
eclat marketing | 32 |
eclat | 12 |
eclat touche | 5 |
lotus eclat | 5 |
consulting eclat | 4 |
eclat laurent st touche yves | 3 |
yves saint laurent touche eclat | 3 |
coup d eclat | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "eclat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | sukses (advance, good luck, hit, speed, success, winner), shkëlqim (aureola, aureole, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, distinction, effulgence, flamboyance, flamboyancy, flame, glint, glitter, glory, gloss, glow, halo, irradiation, lambency, luster, lustre, nimbus, pageantry, polish, pomp, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour). (various references) | |
Arabic | بهاء (glitter, glory, magnificence, radiance). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | блясък (blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, dash, effulgence, fire, flash, glamor, glamour, glance, glint, glitter, glory, gloss, glossiness, heraldry, illumination, irradiation, lambency, light, luminance, luminosity, luster, lustre, pageantry, polish, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, resplendency, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), блестящ успех. (various references) | |
Czech | sláva (distinction, fame, gl, gloriole, glory, kudos, luster, lustre, renown, show, stardom). (various references) | |
Farsi | سروصدازیاد, افتضاح (Debacle, Ignominy, Infamy, Scandal), روشنی خیره کننده , درخشش (Glitter, Luster, Scintillation, Shine, Spangle, Sparkle). (various references) | |
French | éclat. (various references) | |
Greek | λάμψη (brightness, coruscation, effulgence, flare, flash, glare, glint, glisten, glitter, gloss, glow, limelight, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, resplendency, shine, shininess, shining, splendor, splendour, twinkle), λαμπρότητα (brightness, brilliance, lightness, lucence, lucency, luminance, lustrousness, pomp, resplendence, resplendency, sheen, splendidness, splendor, splendour). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ת"ל" (adoration, fame, glory, illustriousness, kudos, laurel, panegyric, praise, psalm). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kirobbanó siker, feltûnés (splurge). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kemuliaan (dignity, glory, grandeur, magnificence), kemegahan (glitter, splendor). (various references) | |
Italian | successo clamoroso, impetuosit (hastiness, impetuosity, vehemence), fulgore (brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, refulgence). (various references) | |
Manx | gloyr-reaym. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eclatay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | esplendor (blaze, bravery, bright, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, flourish, grandeur, illumination, irradiation, lustful, lustreless, magnificence, pomp, radiance, radiancy, resplendence, sheen, splendor, splendour), glória (fame, glory, kudos, laurel, renown), doença convulsiva, brilho (blaze, bright, brightness, brillance, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, effulgence, fire, flashing, glaze, glints, glisten, glitter, gloss, glossitis, glow, illuminative, irradiation, lucidity, luminance, luster, lustre, lustre of fabric, polish, radiance, radiancy, resplendence, scintillation, sheen, shine, varnish, vivacity). (various references) | |
Romanian | strãlucire (bravery, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, effulgence, fineness, fire, flame, flash, flashing, flush, gaiety, glitter, gloss, glow, gorgeousness, grandeur, irradiance, irradiation, lucency, luminosity, luster, lustre, panoply, pomp, radiance, radiancy, radiation, refulgence, resplendence, richness, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), glorie (eminence, fame, glory, luster, lustre, renown), faimã (blaze of publicity, celebrity, fame, flare, luster, lustre, name, notoriety, renown, rep, reputation, repute). (various references) | |
Russian | успех (advance, advancement, big hand, big time, do, hit, luck, purpose, strides, success), известность (celebrity, fame, notoriety, renown). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sjaj (blazon, blazonry, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, effulgence, gloss, glow, luminosity, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour). (various references) | |
Spanish | milagro (miracle, wonder), maravillo (jewel), brillo (bloom, brightness, brillance, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, glare, glaze, glint, glory, gloss, glossiness, glow, luminance, lustre, lustre of fabric, radiance, radiancy, sheen, shimmer, shine, sparkle), éxito brillante. (various references) | |
Swedish | stor succe, glans (brightness, brilliancy, burnish, glare, glaze, glitter, glory, gloss, lambency, lustre, panache, polish, pride, resplendence, sheen, shine, splendor, splendour), anseende (appearance, aspect, authority, credit, distinction, esteem, fame, look, prestige, reputation, repute, respect, sight, view). (various references) | |
Thai | ความสำเร็จที่ง"งาม. (various references) | |
Turkish | parlak başarı (brillant success, crowning achievement), beğeni (acclaim, admiration, applause, credit, fancy, good taste, inclination, like, liking, regard, taste), şan (character, fame, glory, renown, singing), üstün başarı (exploit, feat), övgü (accolade, approbation, bouquet, commendation, compliment, encomium, eulogy, glowing account, ode, panegyric, praise, tribute). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "eclat": eclats. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cleat. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-t" | |
-1 letter: alec, cate, celt, lace, late, tace, tael, talc, tale, teal, tela. | |
-2 letters: ace, act, ale, alt, ate, cat, cel, eat, eta, lac, lat, lea, let, tae, tea, tel. | |
-3 letters: ae, al, at, el, et, la, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-t" | |
+1 letter: acetal, acetyl, atelic, cablet, callet, camlet, cantle, caplet, cartel, castle, cattle, cental, chalet, claret, cleats, eclats, lancet, locate, placet, rectal, tackle, talced, tectal, thecal. | |
+2 letters: acetals, acetyls, acolyte, actable, acutely, acylate, aloetic, article, cablets, calcite, callets, calmest, calotte, calumet, camlets, cantles, capelet, caplets, cartels, castled, castles, catlike, celesta, centals, central, chaetal, chalets, chaplet, chattel, chelate, cholate, ciliate, citable, citadel, clarets, clatter, clavate, cleated, climate, collate, crestal, deltaic, dialect, ectypal, edictal, elastic, ethical, exactly, falcate, hatchel, hellcat, laciest, lactase, lactate, lacteal, lactean, lactone, lactose, lancets, latched, latches, latchet, latency, latices, lattice, located, locater, locates, metical, placate, placets, placket, plectra, plicate, polecat, recital, satchel, scarlet, sulcate, tackled, tackler, tackles, tactile, talcked, talcose, trachle, treacle, treacly. | |
+3 letters: abjectly, acetoxyl, acetylic, acolytes, acrolect, acrylate, actively, aculeate, acylated, acylates, alcahest, allocate, analcite, analecta, analects, articled, articles, athletic, balletic, biacetyl, blackest, bluecoat, bootlace, bracelet, bracteal, bractlet, brocatel, calamite, calceate, calcites, califate, calottes, calotype, calumets, calycate, calypter, canticle, canulate, capelets, cartable, castable, catalase, cataloes, catalyze, catechol, cattleya, celestas, celibate, cellaret, cellmate, celomata, centrals, cervelat, chaplets, chastely, chattels, chelated, chelates, chelator, chevalet, chlorate, cholates, ciliated, ciliates, citadels, citeable, clarinet, clatters, clattery, clayiest, cleanest, clearest, cleating, clematis, cliental, climates, clitella, clodpate, clypeate, coaliest, coatless, collaret, collated, collates, colocate, compleat, conepatl, conflate, copulate, corelate, covalent, cultrate, cumulate, cupulate, cutlases, cuttable, decretal, delicate, diacetyl, dialects, ecotonal, elastics, erotical, escalate, eschalot, ethicals, ethnical, eucalypt, excretal, facelift, facetely, falcated, falconet, gestical, glaciate, hatchels, hectical, hellcats, jaculate, klatches, lacerate, lacertid, lactases, lactated, lactates, lacteals, lacteous, lactones, lactoses, lacunate, laitance, lancelet, lanceted, latchets, latchkey, latticed, lattices, leachate, literacy, localite, locaters, locative, loculate, locustae, loricate, maculate, maledict, metallic, meticals, metrical, muscatel, nucleate, obstacle, ocellate, octangle, oothecal, osculate, particle, pectoral, peculate, pentacle, placated, placater, placates, placenta, plackets, planchet, plicated, poetical, polecats, potlache, praelect, prelatic, raclette, recitals, rectally, relocate, retackle, reticula, satchels, scaliest, scarlets, sceptral, scutella, secantly, sectoral, septical, silicate, slackest, slatches, societal, spectral, sterical, sulcated, tacklers, tackless, tactless, tailrace, teiglach, telecast, tenacula, tentacle, teocalli, thetical, tieclasp, tracheal, trachled, trachles, tractile, trauchle, treacles, trochlea, ulcerate, vertical. | |
+4 letters: accentual, acclimate, acetabula, acetoxyls, acetylate, acetylene, acidulate, acidulent, acrolects, acropetal, acrylates, actualize, afflicted, afterclap, alcahests, alchemist, aleatoric, aliteracy, allocated, allocates, altercate, analcites, analeptic, analgetic, ancestral, anciently, anecdotal, anelastic, anticline, antiulcer, apiculate, applecart, arcuately, ascetical, aspectual, athletics, autoclave, autotelic, bacterial, biacetyls, bluecoats, bootlaces, bracelets, bracteole, bractlets, branchlet, brocatels, cabaletta, cabriolet, cadential, calamites, calculate, calenture, calibrate, califates, caliphate, callowest, calmative, calotypes, calypters, candlelit, candlenut, cantabile, canticles, cantilena, canulated, canulates, capablest, cartelise, cartelize, cartilage, cartwheel, cassoulet, castellan, catalases, catalepsy, catalexes, catalexis, cataloged, cataloger, catalogue, catalyses, catalyzed, catalyzer, catalyzes, cataplexy, catcalled, catchable, catchpole, catechols, caterwaul, cathedral, cattaloes, cattleman, cattlemen, cattleyas, cavaletti, celebrant, celebrate, celestial, celibates, cellarets, cellmates, centraler, centrally, certainly, cervelats, chalkiest, chapleted, charlotte, chatelain, chelating, chelation, chelators, chevalets, chlorates, chocolate, cingulate, circulate, cisternal, clammiest, clarinets, clarities, classiest, classmate, clathrate, clattered, clatterer, claughted, clientage, clodpates, coagulate, coastline, cobaltine, cobaltite, cockatiel, coelomata, coelomate, coeternal, coevality, cogitable, cognately, collarets, colligate, collimate, collocate, colocated, colocates, comatulae, conepatls, conflated, conflates, connately, constable, consulate, copulated, copulates, cordately, corelated, corelates, corollate, correlate, countable, covetable, craterlet, crawliest, creatural, crenulate, cucullate, culminate, cultivate, cumulated, cumulates, curtailed, curtailer, curtilage, cuticulae, cutlasses, cyclamate, decaliter, decathlon, declarant, decollate, decretals, defalcate, deistical, delicates, diacetyls, dialectal, dialectic, dislocate, duplicate, eclamptic, ectoplasm, effectual, ejaculate, ejectable, electable, electoral, electuary, elucidate, enucleate, erectable, eristical, erratical, escalated, escalates, escalator, eschalots, ethically, eucalypti, eucalypts, exactable, excitable, exculpate, explicate, exultance, exultancy, facecloth, facelifts, faceplate, faculties, falconets, fluctuate, fortalice, galactose, genetical, genitalic, glaciated, glaciates, gluconate, graticule, hackliest, hatchable, hatcheled, heretical, identical, implicate, inculcate, inculpate, inelastic, inexactly, inoculate, interclan, interlace, italicise, italicize, jacksmelt, jaculated, jaculates, klatsches, lacerated, lacerates, lacertids, laciniate, laitances, lancelets, larcenist, latchkeys, latecomer, latencies, lateritic, laticifer, leachates, leachiest, lethargic, leviratic, lightface, localites, locatable, locatives, loricates, lubricate, lucrative, lunchmeat, maculated, maculates, malachite, maledicts, matchable, matchless, melanitic, melanotic, metabolic, metallics, militance, mislocate, muscatels, nucleated, nucleates, nucleator, obstacles, octangles, oscillate, osculated, osculates, particles, pearlitic, peccantly, pectorals, peculated, peculates, peculator, pentacles, percolate, petechial, petulance, petulancy, placaters, placative, placement, placentae, placental, placentas, planchets, playacted, potlaches, praelects, precoital, raclettes, realistic, rectangle, rectorial, relocated, relocatee, relocates, reluctant, reluctate, replicate, retackled, retackles, reticular, revictual, sacculate, scapolite, sceptical, sciential, sclerotia, scrutable, scutellar, sectional, sectorial, selectman, shtetlach, silicates, skeptical, socialite, specialty, spectacle, speculate, stackable, tactilely, tailpiece, tailraces, teachable, teachably, teacherly, teacupful, technical, telecasts, telically, tenaculum, tentacled, tentacles, teocallis, theriacal, thylacine, tieclasps, timescale, tolerance, touchable, trabecula, traceable, traceless, tracheole, trackless, tractable, trauchled, trauchles, triticale, trochleae, trochlear, trochleas, tularemic, ulcerated, ulcerates, unactable, unethical, unlatched, unlatches, urceolate, vacillate, vacuolate, vectorial, verticals, victualed, victualer, watchable, wyliecoat. | |
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