étiage (é-tiaj), n.m., low-water mark.
étier (é-tié), n.m., ditch (for conveying sea-water to a salt-marsh).
étincelant, -e (é-tin-slān, -t), adj., sparkling, glittering, flashing, twinkling, glistening.
étinceler (é-tin-slé), v.n., to sparkle, to flash, to gleam, to twinkle, to glitter. Les yeux lui étincellent de colère; his eyes are flashing with anger. Cet ouvrage étincelle d’esprit; that work sparkles with wit.
étincelette, n.f., little spark.
étincelle, n.f., spark, flash of fire. Jeter des —s; to throw out sparks. Il n’a pas une — de bon sens; he is utterly devoid of good sense.
étincellement (-sèl-mān), n.m., sparkling, twinkling, glistening, scintillation.
étiolement (é-tiol-mān), n.m., etiolation, branching; sickliness (of plants); (med.) chlorosis; paleness, emaciation.
étiolé, -e, adj., part., etiolated; pale, wan, emaciated; sickly.
étioler, v.a., to etiolate (plants).