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, chapter XVII, in Textiles for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools, 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

From 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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

écru n (indeclinable)

  1. ecru colour

Adjective

écru (not comparable, no derived adverb)

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

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 Polish dictionaries at PWN
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