eclair

/eɪˈklɛr/

Other forms: eclairs

An eclair is a delicious French pastry that's filled with cream and topped with chocolate. You might think of an eclair as a fancy donut — although Parisians might disagree with you.

The French éclair means "flash of lightning," and the scrumptious pastry got its name from the tendency people have to eat eclairs "in a flash." The 19th century Chambers Dictionary famously defined the eclair as "a cake, long in shape but short in duration." An eclair is like a stretched-out cream puff, choux dough baked and filled with creamy custard. Try one and see how long it lasts.

Definitions of eclair

1. noun

   an oblong cream puff
   types:

   chocolate eclair

   eclair topped with chocolate

   type of:

   chou, cream puff

   puff filled with cream or custard