eclatant

See also: éclatant

English

Etymology

From French éclatant (“bright, brilliant, dazzling”), present participle of éclater (“to burst; to shine”).

Adjective

eclatant (comparative more eclatant, superlative most eclatant)

1. (rare) Impressive, brilliant, striking, convincing.
   • 1895 May, “Missouri Institute of Homœopathy, Bureau of Gynecology: Address by Dr. T. Griswold Comstock, Chairman”, in St. Louis Journal of Homœopathy and Clinical Reporter, volume 1, number 6, St. Louis, MO, page 178:

     Some operators differ with Dr. Pratt as to the technique of the operation, but this is a minor matter, so long as their operations are successful, but one fact is patent, the operation when made from proper indications is followed by the most eclatant results.

   • 2014, Marina Gržinić, Šefik Tatlić, “The Unending Transition”, in Necropolitics, Racialization, and Global Capitalism: Historicization of Biopolitics and Forensics of Politics, Art, and Life, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 254:

     It is clear that what was once seen as an inconsistency, is actually an eclatant example of one of the most systemic characteristics of the system.

Translations

impressive, brilliant, striking, convincing

• Czech: eklatantní (cs)
• Dutch: eclatant (nl)
• French: éclatant (fr)
• German: eklatant (de)
• Hungarian: eklatáns (hu)
• Italian: eclatante (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eklatant

• Romanian: eclatant (ro)
• Swedish: eklatant (sv)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éclatant.

Adjective

eclatant m or n (feminine singular eclatantă, masculine plural eclatanți, feminine and neuter plural eclatante)

1. dazzling

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	eclatant		eclatantă		eclatanți	eclatante
	definite	eclatantul		eclatanta		eclatanții	eclatantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	eclatant		eclatante		eclatanți	eclatante
	definite	eclatantului		eclatantei		eclatanților	eclatantelor