éclair

 [ey-klair, ih-klair, ey-klair]  

é·clair

   [ey-klair, ih-klair, ey-klair]
noun
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
Origin:
1860–65; < French: literally, lightning (flash), Old French esclair, noun derivative of esclairier to light, flash < Vulgar Latin *exclariāre, for Latin exclārāre, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + clārāre to make bright, derivative of clārus clear
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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éclair (eɪˈklɛə, ɪˈklɛə)
 
—n
a finger-shaped cake of choux pastry, usually filled with cream and covered with chocolate
 
[C19: from French, literally: lightning (probably so called because it does not last long), from éclairer, from Latin clārāre to make bright, from clārus bright]

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