éclipse lunaire
\e.klips ly.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“éclipse lunaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éclipse se produisant à chaque fois que la Lune se trouve dans l’ombre de la Terre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eclipse-lunaire · éclipse lunaire · French
éclipse lunaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éclipse lunaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.klips ly.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éclipse lunaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éclipse lunaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.klips ly.nɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Éclipse se produisant à chaque fois que la Lune se trouve dans l’ombre de la Terre.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for éclipse lunaire, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is éclipse lunaire, spelled É-C-L-I-P-S-E- -L-U-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Éclipse se produisant à chaque fois que la Lune se trouve dans l’ombre de la Terre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how éclipse lunaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour une éclipse lunaire totale, il faut un alignement parfait entre le Soleil, la Terre et la Lune derrière. Si l’alignement n’est pas parfait, cela peut créer une éclipse partielle.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.