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éclaircissement

éclaircissement is the alternative form of eclaircissement.

Meaning of eclaircissement

Noun

eclaircissement (countable and uncountable, plural eclaircissements)

  1. An explanation of something obscure or unknown; clarification, enlightenment.
    • One of the heroes discovered, in the prize he had made, the very wife of his bosom; and his companion perceived that he had stumbled in the dark upon his own mother. Their mutual astonishment was unspeakable at this eclaircissement […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 91, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Forms of éclaircissement

pluraléclaircissements

Origin of éclaircissement

Borrowed from French éclaircissement.

Questions about éclaircissement

What is éclaircissement the alternative form of?
Éclaircissement is the alternative form of eclaircissement.

Words near éclaircissement in the dictionary

  1. échappées
  2. échappés
  3. échelon
  4. échelons
  5. éclair
  6. éclaircissement
  7. éclaircissements
  8. éclairs
  9. éclat
  10. éclats
  11. Éclou

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