éclair

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éclair

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n.
An elongated pastry filled with custard or whipped cream and usually iced with chocolate.

[French, from Old French esclair, lightning, from esclairier, to light up, from Vulgar Latin *exclāriāre, from Latin exclārāre : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + clārus, clear.]

Small finger-shaped cake prepared from choux pastry, filled with cream or confectioner's custard, coated with chocolate or coffee-flavoured icing.

[ay-KLEHR] A small, oblong, cream-filled pastry made with choux pastry (cream-puff pastry dough). Unlike cream puffs, éclairs are usually topped with a sweet icing.

IN BRIEF: n. - Oblong cream puff.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - éclair

Nederlands (Dutch)
roomsoes

Français (French)
n. - éclair

Deutsch (German)
n. - Eclair (Gebäck)

Italiano (Italian)
bignè

Português (Portuguese)
n. - carolina (f) (doce recheado com creme) (Culin.)

Español (Spanish)
n. - pastel pequeño con relleno de crema

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - eclair (gräddbakelse)

العربيه (Arabic)
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