eclair
/ɪˈkleə(r)/noun
उच्चारण इक्लेअर
एक्लेयर (क्रीम भरी लंबी पेस्ट्री)
Core word
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a long thin cake made of light pastry, filled with cream and usually with chocolate on top
एक्लेयर (क्रीम भरी लंबी पेस्ट्री)
- The bakery sells chocolate eclairs.
- We had coffee and eclairs after the film.
- She ordered a coffee eclair and a cup of tea.
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- The pastry chef filled each eclair with fresh vanilla cream.
- I could not resist the eclairs in the shop window.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
an eclair (countable noun)
Eclair is countable: one eclair, two eclairs. It names a long, thin pastry filled with cream and covered with chocolate.
'Eclair' countable है: one eclair, two eclairs। यह क्रीम भरी, चॉकलेट से ढकी लंबी पतली पेस्ट्री का नाम है।
- She ordered a chocolate eclair with her coffee.
- The bakery sells fresh eclairs every morning.
eclair filled with + cream
Use filled with for the cream or custard inside, and covered in or topped with for the icing outside.
भीतर की क्रीम या custard के लिए 'filled with', और बाहर की icing के लिए 'covered in' या 'topped with' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The eclair was filled with vanilla cream.
- An eclair topped with dark chocolate sat on the plate.
eclair as a treat
The word is often used with verbs of eating or buying, and with phrases such as a box of eclairs.
यह शब्द खाने या ख़रीदने वाली क्रियाओं और 'a box of eclairs' जैसे phrases के साथ आता है।
- He bought a box of eclairs for the party.
- Radhika ate two eclairs at the wedding.
eclair (also toffee in India)
In India, Eclairs is also a brand-like name for a chocolate toffee, so context shows whether a cake or a sweet is meant.
भारत में 'Eclairs' चॉकलेट टॉफ़ी का भी नाम है, इसलिए संदर्भ से पता चलता है कि केक है या मिठाई।
- The shopkeeper gave the child an eclair toffee.
+Collocations 5
adjective + eclair
chocolatecream-filledfreshsoftsweetmini
- A fresh chocolate eclair is hard to resist.
verb + eclair
bakeeatfillorderservedip
- The chef filled each eclair with a thick cream.
eclair + noun
shellfillingicingtrayrecipebox
- The eclair shell must be light and crisp.
place or occasion
bakerycafebirthday partytea timedessert counter
- At the bakery counter, every eclair was neatly lined up.
eclair + flavour
coffeevanillacaramelstrawberryhazelnut
- The bakery's caramel eclair sold out by noon.
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- The pastry chef decorated each eclair with a line of white icing.
पेस्ट्री बनाने वाले ने हर eclair को सफ़ेद icing की रेखा से सजाया।
- Radhika shared a chocolate eclair with her sister after dinner.
राधिका ने रात के भोजन के बाद अपनी बहन के साथ चॉकलेट eclair बाँटकर खाया।
- The cream oozed out of the eclair as she bit into it.
जैसे ही उसने eclair को काटा, क्रीम बाहर निकल आई।
- A small eclair costs less than a slice of cake.
छोटा eclair केक के टुकड़े से सस्ता है।
- The cafe is famous for its coffee-flavoured eclairs.
यह कैफ़े अपने कॉफ़ी-स्वाद वाले eclairs के लिए प्रसिद्ध है।
- On her birthday, Radhika's teacher surprised the class with a tray of eclairs.
जन्मदिन पर राधिका की शिक्षिका ने कक्षा को eclairs की एक ट्रे देकर चौंका दिया।
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✗ She ate two eclair at the party.
✓ She ate two eclairs at the party.
After two, the countable noun takes the plural -s.
'Two' के बाद countable noun में plural -s लगता है।