From Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis (“eclipse”), from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “I abandon”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “I leave behind”).
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êclyipse f (plural êclyipses)