extase
See also: êxtase
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French extase, from Latin ecstasis, extasis, from Ancient Greek ἔκστᾰσῐς (ékstăsĭs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛksˈtaː.zə/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ex‧ta‧se
- Rhymes: -aːzə
Noun
extase f (uncountable)
Related terms
Descendants
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.staz/ ~ /ɛk.stɑz/
Noun
extase f (plural extases)
- ecstasy (sentiment)
- 1869, Paul Verlaine, Clair de lune [Moonlight][1]:
- Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune, / Au calme clair de lune triste et beau, / Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres / Et sangloter d'extase les jets d'eau, / Les grands jets d'eau sveltes parmi les marbres.
- And their song blends with the moonlight, / With the sad and beautiful moonlight, / Which sets the birds in the trees dreaming, / And makes the fountains sob with ecstasy, / The tall slim water streams among the marble statues.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “extase”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
extase
- ablative singular of extasis