*écouvillonner, v.a., to sweep; to mop; to sponge (of a cannon).
écran, n.m., screen; hand-screen; fire-screen. — de toilette; splash-guard. — en bannière; banner screen.
écrasage, n.m., crushing; bruising.
écrasant, -e, adj., crushing; humiliating; exorbitant, excessive; overwhelming; ruinous.
écrasé, -e, part., crushed, ruined. Nez —; flat nose. Taille —e; squat figure (pers.).
écrasement (é-krâz-mān), n.m., crushing; crush; bruising; squashing; overwhelming; destruction, ruin.
écraser, v.a., to crush; to bruise; to weigh down, to overburden, to overwhelm; to bear down; to run over; to ruin; to squash. — des groseilles; to squash gooseberries. J’ai manqué d’être écrasé par un carrosse; I was near being run over by a coach. Être écrasé de travail; to be overwhelmed with work. — d’impôts; to overburden with taxes. — ses rivaux; to crush one’s rivals.
écraseur, n.m., crusher, bruiser; steam-roller.
écrelet, n.m., gingerbread, nut.