é·clair ( -klâr , klâr )n. An elongated pastry filled with custard or whipped cream and usually iced with chocolate. [French, from Old French esclair, lightning, from esclairier, to light up, from Vulgar Latin *excl rire, from Latin exclrre : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + clrus, clear; see kel -2 in Indo-European roots.] |   |
éclair [eɪˈklɛə ɪˈklɛə]
n
(Cookery) a finger-shaped cake of choux pastry, usually filled with cream and covered with chocolate
[from French, literally: lightning (probably so called because it does not last long), from éclairer, from Latin clārāre to make bright, from clārus bright]
Translations
éclair
n → Eclair nt, → Liebesknochen m
éclair [ˈeɪklɛəʳ] n → bigné m inv
éclair [ˈeɪklɛəʳ] n → bigné m inv
éclair [ˈeɪklɛəʳ] n → bigné m inv
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