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English[edit]
An eclipse of the Sun by Saturn, seen from the Cassini orbiter
Etymology[edit]
From Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “I abandon, go missing, vanish”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “I leave behind”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eclipse (countable and uncountable, plural eclipses)
- (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Especially, an alignment whereby 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 planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- (ornithology) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall.
- a. 1618, Walter Raleigh, quoted in Eclipse, entry in 1805, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, Volume 2, unnumbered page,
- All the posterity of our first parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound, 1839, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, page 340,
- As in the soft and sweet eclipse,
When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
- As in the soft and sweet eclipse,
- 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter VIII, Section ii
- 1943, Fredric Brown, "The Geezenstacks"
- Aubrey was rapturous. All her other playthings went into eclipse and the doings of the Geezenstacks occupied most of her waking thoughts.
- a. 1618, Walter Raleigh, quoted in Eclipse, entry in 1805, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, Volume 2, unnumbered page,
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Translations[edit]
passage of a planetary object between others
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See also[edit]
- 🝵 (solar eclipse symbol), 🝶 (lunar eclipse symbol)
- occultation
- syzygy
Further reading[edit]
Verb[edit]
eclipse (third-person singular simple present eclipses, present participle eclipsing, simple past and past participle eclipsed)
- (transitive) Of astronomical or atmospheric bodies, to cause an eclipse.
- The Moon eclipsed the Sun.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 184:
- She turned to the casement on which the moon was shining; for the high wind had driven aside the clouds, whose huge dark masses threatened soon to eclipse the pale and dim circle of passing light.
- (transitive, figuratively) To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
- Synonym: upstage
- c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene vi]:
- For, till I see them here, by doubtful fear / My joy of liberty is half eclips'd.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 8:
- I wish I could prevail on Ethel to come up to London, if it were but for the sake of eclipsing her rival. I will stand godmother to the town's admiration, and promise and vow three things in its name:—first, that she will forget her faithless swain in the multitude of new ones; secondly, that she will be universally ran after; and, thirdly, that she will be brilliantly married.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 25:
- The name of the eclipsing girl, whatever it was, has not been handed down; but she was envied by all as the first who enjoyed the luxury of a masculine partner that evening.
- 2005, Sean Campbell, Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for developers (page 56)
- The Util.System namespace eclipses the top-level System namespace.
- 2007, Cincinnati Magazine (page 81)
- Everything about her year-old restaurant […] reflects her love of bringing people to the table for good, simple food that's not eclipsed by bells and whistles.
- (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
Translations[edit]
To cause an eclipse
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To overshadow
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Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
eclipse m (plural eclipses)
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
eclipse f (plural eclipses)
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈkliːp.se/, [ɛˈklʲiːps̠ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈklip.se/, [eˈklipse]
Noun[edit]
eclīpse
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
eclipse m (oblique plural eclipses, nominative singular eclipses, nominative plural eclipse)
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (eclipse)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: e‧clip‧se
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”).
Noun[edit]
eclipse m (plural eclipses)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
eclipse
- inflection of eclipsar:
Further reading[edit]
- “eclipse” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “eclipse” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “eclipse” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “eclipse” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “eclipse” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
eclipse m (plural eclipses)
Alternative forms[edit]
- eclipsi (obsolete)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
eclipse
- inflection of eclipsar:
Further reading[edit]
- “eclipse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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