An éclair is a French pastry: a long, finger-shaped shell of light, hollow choux pastry, filled with cream or custard and iced along the top, most often with chocolate.

An éclair閃電泡芙 is a French pastry是一種法式甜點：a long, finger-shaped shell長條手指形的外殼、of light, hollow choux pastry由輕盈中空的泡芙皮做成、filled with cream or custard裡面填卡士達醬或鮮奶油、and iced along the top上面淋糖霜、most often with chocolate最常見的是巧克力。

Coffee icing is the other classic. It is a countable noun — an éclair, two éclairs — and you meet it in bakeries, cafés and dessert menus everywhere, including Taiwan, where 閃電泡芙 is on the shelf at most western-style bakeries.

Coffee icing咖啡糖霜 is the other classic是另一種經典口味。It is a countable noun它是可數名詞——an éclair一個閃電泡芙、two éclairs兩個閃電泡芙——and you meet it你會在 in bakeries, cafés and dessert menus everywhere各地的麵包店、咖啡廳和甜點菜單上 遇到它、including Taiwan包括台灣、where 閃電泡芙 is on the shelf在大多數western-style（西式）麵包店的架上都看得到。

Spelling and accent: French writes it with an acute accent, éclair, and careful English writing keeps it, but eclair with no accent is completely normal and correct in English. Either spelling is safe.

Spelling and accent拼法和重音符號：French writes it with an acute accent法文寫作 éclair 帶重音符號、and careful English writing keeps it講究的英文書寫會保留它、but eclair with no accent不過沒有重音符號的 eclair、is completely normal and correct in English在英文裡完全正常又正確。Either spelling is safe兩種拼法都可以放心用。

English speakers say it 'ay-KLAIR' or 'ee-KLAIR', with the stress usually on the second part.

English speakers英語人士 say it會唸成 'ay-KLAIR' or 'ee-KLAIR'「ay-KLAIR」或「ee-KLAIR」、with the stress usually on the second part重音通常落在第二個音節。

A useful relative: the same pastry, when it is round instead of long, is a cream puff (French: chou à la crème). Same dough, same filling, different shape and different name — so calling a round one an éclair will get you politely corrected by anyone who bakes.

A useful relative一個值得知道的親戚：the same pastry同樣的甜點、when it is round instead of long如果做成圓的而不是長的、is a cream puff就叫 cream puff（French法文：chou à la crème）。Same dough同樣的麵團、same filling同樣的內餡、different shape and different name形狀不同、名字也不同——so calling a round one an éclair所以如果把圓的叫成 éclair、will get you politely corrected by anyone who bakes任何會做甜點的人都會禮貌地糾正你。