eclat

Other forms of eclat

plural

eclats·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eclat

What does eclat mean?

eclat means "enthusiastic approval". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eclat?

eclat has 2 syllables: e-clat. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for eclat?

Close synonyms include acclaim, acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, pomp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eclat a common word?

eclat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.