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chocolate eclair

chocolate eclair

2 2.5
A long thin pastry filled with cream and topped with chocolate icing
  • noun
  • /ˈʧɔklət ɪˈklɛr/
translation icon : eclair de chocolate
  • Sixty-two thousand chocolate eclairs!

Examples

  • And, um, I remember we got this big bag of, chocolate eclairs.

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  • Are you religious about chocolate eclairs?

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  • For dessert, I enjoyed a rich chocolate eclair filled with creamy custard.

  • At the bakery, I decided to buy a delicious chocolate eclair topped with glossy icing.

  • She savored every bite of her freshly baked chocolate eclair during the afternoon tea.

Synonyms

eclair
vschocolate eclair
7 3.4

A long light pastry filled with cream and covered in chocolate

requires chocolate icing as a defining feature
éclair
vschocolate eclair
3 3.3

A long thin pastry filled with cream and topped with chocolate icing

specifies chocolate icing as the standard topping

How Solid

chocolate eclair
2 2.5

Surface Forms

chocolate eclair singular
chocolate eclairs plural

Morphology

chocolate + eclair

The phrase is directly compositional: 'chocolate' specifies the flavor/topping and 'eclair' names the cream-filled pastry, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer an eclair with chocolate icing or filling. This attributive noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English noun-modifier composition, making the meaning transparent.

Etymology

The pastry chocolate eclair gets its name from the French word éclair, which means 'lightning' or 'flash' because people often ate it very quickly. So the name now means the long, cream-filled pastry topped with chocolate.