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éclat

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é·clat  (-klä, klä)
n.
1. Great brilliance, as of performance or achievement.
2. Conspicuous success.
3. Great acclamation or applause.
4. Archaic Notoriety; scandal.

[French, brilliance, from Old French esclat, splinter, from esclater, to burst out, splinter, probably of Germanic origin.]

éclat [eɪˈklɑː (French) ekla]
n
1. brilliant or conspicuous success, effect, etc.
2. showy display; ostentation
3. social distinction
4. approval; acclaim; applause
[from French, from éclater to burst; related to Old French esclater to splinter, perhaps of Germanic origin; compare slit]
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éclat [ˈeɪklɑː] Nbrillo m; (= success) → éxito m brillante
with great éclatbrillantemente


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