éclater
French, verb/e.kla.te/
éclater is spelled É-C-L-A-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éclater is a French verb meaning “to burst; to break, to shatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exploser; se rompre, se briser en projetant des fragments”.
What does éclater mean in English?
verb
- 1
to burst; to break, to shatter
- 2
to boom (make a loud noise)
- 3
to appear
- 4
to shine
- 5
informalto party; to have a great time, to have a ball
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Exploser; se rompre, se briser en projetant des fragments. 2. Faire entendre tout à coup un bruit violent ou perçant; exploser. 3. Se manifester tout à coup. 4. Montrer son ressentiment à découvert et avec force, après s’être contenu quelque temps, en parlant des personnes.
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 éclater
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- éclatant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- éclaté participle past
- éclate first-person indicative present
- éclates indicative present second-person
- éclatons first-person indicative plural
- éclatez indicative plural present
- éclatent indicative plural present
- éclatais first-person imperfect indicative
- éclatait imperfect indicative singular
- éclations first-person imperfect indicative
- éclatiez imperfect indicative plural
- éclataient imperfect indicative plural
- éclatai first-person historic indicative
- éclatas historic indicative past
- éclata historic indicative past
- éclatâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éclater?
- /e.kla.te/
- \e.kla.te\
- [e.kla.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to éclater
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éclater in French?
éclater appears 8.3 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).