éclipse
French, noun
éclipse is spelled É-C-L-I-P-S-E (7 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written French, the 13,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éclipse is a French feminine noun meaning “eclipse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of éclipser. With an accent, éclipsé is a different word: “past participle of éclipser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Occultation totale ou partielle d'un corps céleste par un autre”.
What does éclipse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeclipse
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of éclipser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Occultation totale ou partielle d'un corps céleste par un autre. 2. Période d'obscurcissement passager, d'affaiblissement ou de disparition totale. 3. Absence inattendue et plus ou moins prolongée. 4. Disparition provisoire ou définitive.
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 éclipse
- éclipses plural
- éclipsée feminine
- éclipsés masculine plural
- éclipsées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to éclipse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éclipse in French?
éclipse appears 3.8 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).