Meaning

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

  2. (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.

    Finsternis, Eklipse, Sonnenfinsternis

    затме́ниеzatménije

    зате́мненняzatémnennja

  3. (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.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Obscurity, decline, downfall.

More definitions
  • one celestial body obscures another

Examples

64 sentences
  1. I've never seen an eclipse before.

    Я ніколи раніше не бачив затемнення. — deniko

  2. Did you see the eclipse yesterday?

    Ти бачив учора затемнення? — deniko

    ruВы видели вчера затмение? — alik_farber

  3. Have you ever seen an eclipse?

  4. There will be a lunar eclipse tomorrow.

    ruЗавтра будет лунное затмение. — Arkadeko

    deMorgen wird es eine Mondfinsternis geben. — Hans_Adler

  5. Did you see the lunar eclipse yesterday?

    ruТы вчера лунное затмение видел? — sharptoothed

    deHast du die Mondfinsternis gestern gesehen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
passage of a planetary object between others:
Русский
By meaning 1
passage of a planetary object between others:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
passage of a planetary object between others:

Origin

From Middle English eclipse, from Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Gr

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.

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Forms

plural: eclipses
Singulareclipse
Pluraleclipses

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

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