éclisse

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”) (whence also English slice), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to German Schlitz and English slit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.klis/ === Noun === éclisse f (plural éclisses) splint spline (rail transport) fishplate ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: eclissa → Portuguese: eclissa === Further reading === “éclisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012