[ɪˈklɪps], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination
(e.g: an eclipse of the sun)

- a phase during which the distinctive markings of a bird (especially a male duck) are obscured by moulting of the breeding plumage
(e.g: eclipse plumage)


Phrases:
- in eclipse

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French e(s)clipse (noun), eclipser (verb), via Latin from Greek ekleipsis, from ekleipein ‘fail to appear, be eclipsed’, from ek ‘out’ + leipein ‘to leave’

[ɪˈklɪps], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body)
(e.g: Jupiter was eclipsed by the Moon)


Phrases:
- in eclipse

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French e(s)clipse (noun), eclipser (verb), via Latin from Greek ekleipsis, from ekleipein ‘fail to appear, be eclipsed’, from ek ‘out’ + leipein ‘to leave’