brilliance, shine, lustre · fragment · Strong reaction; scandal
çekim: çoğul éclats
köken: Deverbal from éclater (“to burst”), from Middle French esclater (“to break, break violently”), from Old French esclater (“to separate from, sunder out”) (deverbal also in Old French esclat), from Frankish *slaitan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to cut up, split”). Akin to Old High German sleizan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to…
aile: coup d'éclat, rire aux éclats, voler en éclats
köken: Related to abbagliare (“to dazzle”); see there for more. An older theory derives the word from Old High German baidan. Related to or influenced by Catalan badar (“to gape, observe”) and French berlue (“distorted vision”).