écru

See also: ecru

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French écru (raw, unbleached).

Adjective

écru (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of ecru
    • 1914, William Henry Dooley, Textiles for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools, Chapter XVII., page #204:
      The tussah, or wild silks, remain an écru color.

Noun

écru (countable and uncountable, plural écrus)

  1. Alternative form of ecru

Anagrams

French

Etymology

é- + cru

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kʁy/
  • (file)

Adjective

écru (feminine écrue, masculine plural écrus, feminine plural écrues)

  1. raw (of materials)
  2. ecru (color)

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French écru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈkry/**[1], /eˈkru/**[2]
  • Rhymes: -u

Adjective

écru (invariable)

  1. ecru (color)
  2. (textiles) unbleached, raw (of fabric)

Noun

écru m or f (invariable)

  1. ecru
  2. (textiles) unbleached fabric

References

  1. écru in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. écru in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French écru (raw, unbleached).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈkri/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkri
  • Syllabification: é‧cru

Noun

écru n (indeclinable)

  1. ecru colour

Adjective

écru (not comparable)

  1. ecru, cream, off-white
    Synonyms: bladożółty, kremowy

Declension

Indeclinable.

See also

Colors in Polish · kolory (layout · text)
     biały      szary      czarny
             czerwony; karmazyn              pomarańczowy; brązowy              żółty; beżowy
             limonkowy              zielony              miętowy; ciemnozielony
             cyjan; morski              błękitny              niebieski
             fuksja; indygo              magenta; purpurowy              różowy

Further reading

  • écru in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • écru in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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