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éclairé

French, adjective

éclairé is spelled É-C-L-A-I-R-É (7 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éclairé is a French adjective meaning “lit, illuminated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of éclairer. With an accent, éclaire is a different word: “synonym of chélidoine (“celandine”)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a de grandes lumières, beaucoup de connaissances, beaucoup d’expérience”.

What does éclairé mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    lit, illuminated

  2. 2

    enlightened, informed, knowledgeable

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of éclairer

noun

as éclaire
  1. 1

    femininesynonym of chélidoine (“celandine”)

  2. 2

    femininesynonym of renoncule ficaire (“lesser celandine”)

verb

as éclaire
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui a de grandes lumières, beaucoup de connaissances, beaucoup d’expérience. 2. Sur lequel est projetée de la lumière, mis en valeur par la lumière. 3. Se dit d'une personne influencée par la philosophie des Lumières. 4. Qui a des connaissances, qui sait.

noun: 1. Synonyme de chélidoine. 2. Synonyme de renoncule ficaire.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of éclairé

  • éclairée feminine
  • éclairés masculine plural
  • éclairées feminine plural
  • éclaires plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to éclairé

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is éclairé in French?

éclairé appears 5.5 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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