eclipse

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English [edit]

An eclipse of the Sun by Saturn, seen from the Cassini orbiter
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Etymology [edit]

From Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ekleipsis, eclipse), from ἐκλείπω (ekleipō, I abandon), from ἐκ (ek, out) and λείπω (leipō, I leave behind).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɛˈklɪps/, /iˈklɪps/
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Noun [edit]

eclipse (plural eclipses)

  1. An astronomical alignment in which a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle object onto the other object.
  2. A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
  3. Obscurity, decline, downfall
    • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter VIII, Section ii
      Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.

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Verb [edit]

eclipse (third-person singular simple present eclipses, present participle eclipsing, simple past and past participle eclipsed)

  1. (transitive) Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
    The Moon eclipsed the Sun.
  2. (transitive) To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
    The student’s skills soon eclipsed those of his teacher.
  3. (Irish grammar) to undergo eclipsis

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Asturian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin eclīpsis.

Noun [edit]

eclipse m (plural eclipses)

  1. eclipse

Galician [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin eclīpsis.

Noun [edit]

eclipse f (plural eclipses)

  1. eclipse

Latin [edit]

Noun [edit]

eclīpse

  1. ablative singular of eclīpsis

Old French [edit]

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Noun [edit]

eclipse m (oblique plural eclipses, nominative singular eclipses, nominative plural eclipse)

  1. eclipse

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Portuguese [edit]

Noun [edit]

eclipse m (plural eclipses)

  1. eclipse

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Verb [edit]

eclipse

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of eclipsar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of eclipsar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of eclipsar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of eclipsar

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin eclīpsis.

Noun [edit]

eclipse m (plural eclipses)

  1. eclipse
  2. disappearance

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Verb [edit]

eclipse (infinitive eclipsar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of eclipsar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of eclipsar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of eclipsar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of eclipsar.