eclipse

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English

Etymology

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”). Doublet of eclipsis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈklɪps/, /iˈklɪps/
• Rhymes: -ɪps
• Hyphenation: eclipse

Noun

eclipse (countable and uncountable, plural eclipses)

1. (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
2. 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.
3. (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.
4. 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.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• 🝵 (solar eclipse symbol), 🝶 (lunar eclipse symbol)
• occultation
• syzygy

Further reading

• eclipse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

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

1. (transitive) Of astronomical or atmospheric bodies, to cause an eclipse.
2. (transitive, figurative) To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.

   Synonym: upstage
3. (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.

Derived terms

Translations

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin eclīpsis.

Noun

eclipse m (plural eclipses)

1. eclipse

Galician

Etymology

From Latin eclīpsis.

Noun

eclipse f (plural eclipses)

1. eclipse

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈkliːp.se/, [ɛˈklʲiːps̠ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈklip.se/, [eˈklipse]

Noun

eclīpse

1. ablative singular of eclīpsis

Old French

Alternative forms

• esclipse

Noun

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

1. eclipse

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (eclipse)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e‧clip‧se

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”).

Noun

eclipse m (plural eclipses)

1. eclipse

Related terms

• eclipsar
• eclíptico

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

eclipse

1. inflection of eclipsar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “eclipse”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “eclipse”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “eclipse”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “eclipse”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “eclipse”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈklibse/ [eˈkliβ̞.se]
• Rhymes: -ibse
• Syllabification: e‧clip‧se

Etymology 1

From Latin eclīpsis.

Noun

eclipse m (plural eclipses)

1. eclipse
2. disappearance

Alternative forms

• eclipsi (obsolete)

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

eclipse

1. inflection of eclipsar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “eclipse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10