éclaircissement
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See also: eclaircissement
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French éclaircissement.
Noun
[edit]éclaircissement (countable and uncountable, plural éclaircissements)
- Alternative form of eclaircissement.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From éclaircir (“to clarify”) + -ment.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /e.klɛʁ.sis.mɑ̃/
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃
- Homophone: éclaircissements
- Hyphenation: é‧clair‧cisse‧ment
Noun
[edit]éclaircissement m (plural éclaircissements)
- a clarification, notably on an obscure subject
- Synonyms: clarification, explication
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “éclaircissement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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