eclipse en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /iˈklɪps/
- (US) audio
- /ɪˈklɪps/
Etymology
From Middle English eclipse, from Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “to abandon, go missing, vanish”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “to leave behind”). Doublet of eclipsis. See also ellipse, ellipsis.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
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(countable, uncountable) Obscurity, decline, downfall.
As in the soft and sweet eclipse, When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Prometheus Unbound”, in The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, published 1839, page 340:From the standpoint of the Buddhist historian, it would be futile to attempt to distinguish, on the basis of doctrine, between the T’ien-t’ai Buddhism of the Sui and the various T’ang schools, since they share common ideals. Yet despite the “T’ang” character of the T’ien-t’ai school, it entered an almost total eclipse during the first half of the T’ang dynasty.
1973, Stanley Weinstein, “Imperial Patronage in the Formation of T’ang Buddhism”, in Arthur F. Wright, Denis Twitchett, editors, Perspectives on the T’ang, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 289–290; republished as “Imperial Patronage in the Formation of T’ang Buddhism”, in Paul W. Kroll, editor, Critical Readings on Tang China, volume 4, Brill Publishers, 2019, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1646: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.
Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.
1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter VIII, Section ii:Aubrey was rapturous. All her other playthings went into eclipse and the doings of the Geezenstacks occupied most of her waking thoughts.
1943, Fredric Brown, The Geezenstacks:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| eclipses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
annular eclipse · eclipse glasses · total eclipse · partial eclipse · eclipse plumage · eclipselike · solar eclipse · lunar eclipse
Relateds
🝶 · ecliptical · ecliptic · occultation · eclipsis · syzygy · 🝵
Translations (134)
tl eklipse (passage of a planetary object between others) · ar كُسُوف (passage of a planetary object between others) · cmn 月食 (passage of a planetary object between others) · ka დაბნელება (passage of a planetary object between others) · he ליקוי מאורות (passage of a planetary object between others) · ceb bakunawa (passage of a planetary object between others) · de Mondfinsternis (passage of a planetary object between others) · fy eklips (passage of a planetary object between others) · te గ్రహణము (passage of a planetary object between others) · af verduistering (passage of a planetary object between others) · th อุปราคา (passage of a planetary object between others) · pl zaćmienie (passage of a planetary object between others) · sa ग्रहण (passage of a planetary object between others) · tr tutulma (passage of a planetary object between others) · ha hùsūfī̀ (passage of a planetary object between others) · da formørkelse (passage of a planetary object between others) · sw kupatwa (passage of a planetary object between others) · cmn 日蝕 /日蚀 (passage of a planetary object between others) · ga éiclips (passage of a planetary object between others) · es eclipse (passage of a planetary object between others) · tl laho (passage of a planetary object between others) · nl verduistering (passage of a planetary object between others) · ms gerhana (passage of a planetary object between others) · bdr kerau' (passage of a planetary object between others) · yua chiʼib (passage of a planetary object between others) · de Finsternis (passage of a planetary object between others) · mr ग्रहण (passage of a planetary object between others) · mt kifsa (passage of a planetary object between others) · hu fogyatkozás (passage of a planetary object between others) · ta கிரகணம் (passage of a planetary object between others) · eo eklipso (passage of a planetary object between others) · bg затъмнение (passage of a planetary object between others) · nb formørkelse (passage of a planetary object between others) · nl eclips (moulting plumage) · mn ᠭᠬᠢᠷᠲᠦᠬᠦ (passage of a planetary object between others) · bn অন্ধকার (passage of a planetary object between others) · ga urú (passage of a planetary object between others) · cmn 日食 (passage of a planetary object between others) · mk помрачување (passage of a planetary object between others) · ast eclipse (passage of a planetary object between others) · pt eclipse (passage of a planetary object between others) · la dēliquium (passage of a planetary object between others) · bcl bakunawa (passage of a planetary object between others) · ur گرہن (passage of a planetary object between others) · nrf êclyipse (passage of a planetary object between others) · lv aptumsums (passage of a planetary object between others) · cmn 交食 (passage of a planetary object between others) · vo grahan (passage of a planetary object between others) · io eklipso (passage of a planetary object between others) · et varjutus (passage of a planetary object between others) · co eclissi (passage of a planetary object between others) · ar خُسُوف (passage of a planetary object between others) · az tutulma (passage of a planetary object between others) · lt užtemimas (passage of a planetary object between others) · mi whenumitanga (passage of a planetary object between others) · sah өлүү (passage of a planetary object between others) · nv ałneʼííʼáázh (passage of a planetary object between others) · ill lahu' (passage of a planetary object between others) · ml ഗ്രഹണം (passage of a planetary object between others) · de Verdunklung (passage of a planetary object between others) · eu eklipse (passage of a planetary object between others) · cmn 月蝕 /月蚀 (passage of a planetary object between others) · bcl kulop (passage of a planetary object between others) · fa گرفت (passage of a planetary object between others) · is myrkvi (passage of a planetary object between others) · mt eklissi (passage of a planetary object between others) · scn eclissi (passage of a planetary object between others) · sq errësirë (passage of a planetary object between others) · hil eklipse (passage of a planetary object between others) · ja 月食 (passage of a planetary object between others) · nl eclips (passage of a planetary object between others) · hy խավարում (passage of a planetary object between others) · gl eclipse (passage of a planetary object between others) · mn хиртэлт (passage of a planetary object between others) · ja 日食 (passage of a planetary object between others) · km គ្រាស (passage of a planetary object between others) · de Eklipse (passage of a planetary object between others) · mnc ᠪᡳᠶᠠ ᠵᡝᠮᠪᡳ (passage of a planetary object between others) · ja 食 (passage of a planetary object between others) · nl eclipskleed (moulting plumage) · sh pȍmrčina (passage of a planetary object between others) · uk зате́мнення (passage of a planetary object between others) · cy eclips (passage of a planetary object between others) · mrw garahana (passage of a planetary object between others) · it eclisse (passage of a planetary object between others) · ang āsprungennes (passage of a planetary object between others) · mi rā kutia (passage of a planetary object between others) · mn ᠭᠬᠢᠷᠲᠦᠯᠲᠡ (passage of a planetary object between others) · fi pimennys (passage of a planetary object between others) · crh tutuluv (passage of a planetary object between others) · el έκλειψη (passage of a planetary object between others) · fro esclipsement (passage of a planetary object between others) · fr éclipse (passage of a planetary object between others) · izh pimehys (passage of a planetary object between others) · th คราส (passage of a planetary object between others) · sat ᱜᱚᱦᱚᱱᱚ (passage of a planetary object between others) · es eclipsi (passage of a planetary object between others) · hi ग्रहण (passage of a planetary object between others) · la eclīpsis (passage of a planetary object between others) · kok ग्राण (passage of a planetary object between others) · cy diffyg (passage of a planetary object between others) · kk тұтылу (passage of a planetary object between others) · mi whenumanga (passage of a planetary object between others) · scn ecclissi (passage of a planetary object between others) · sl mrk (passage of a planetary object between others) · cs zatmění (passage of a planetary object between others) · sc eclisse (passage of a planetary object between others) · ne ग्रहण (passage of a planetary object between others) · be зацьме́нне (passage of a planetary object between others) · war bakunawa (passage of a planetary object between others) · sc eclissi (passage of a planetary object between others) · mnc ᡧᡠᠨ ᠵᡝᠮᠪᡳ (passage of a planetary object between others) · sk zatmenie (passage of a planetary object between others) · nah cualo (passage of a planetary object between others) · fur eclìs (passage of a planetary object between others) · ro eclipsă (passage of a planetary object between others) · de Sonnenfinsternis (passage of a planetary object between others) · ca eclipsi (passage of a planetary object between others) · oc eclipsi (passage of a planetary object between others) · vi thiên thực (passage of a planetary object between others) · grc ἔκλειψις (passage of a planetary object between others) · mn хиртэх (passage of a planetary object between others) · id gerhana (passage of a planetary object between others) · ja 蝕 (passage of a planetary object between others) · sa उपराग (passage of a planetary object between others) · id eklips (passage of a planetary object between others) · sv förmörkelse (passage of a planetary object between others) · it eclissi (passage of a planetary object between others) · nn formørking (passage of a planetary object between others) · ko 식현상 (passage of a planetary object between others) · tl takip-silim (passage of a planetary object between others) · sh по̏мрчина (passage of a planetary object between others) · ru затме́ние (passage of a planetary object between others) · gd dubhadh (passage of a planetary object between others)