ocra
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See also: Ocra
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
ocra (countable and uncountable, plural ocras)
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of okra.
- 1679, Thomas Trapham, A Discourse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica..., pages 59–60:
- ...as a food easy of digestion may well be admitted likewise the young Ocra an agreeable Food as well for the species as individual, dressed variously according to pleasure...
- 1707, Hans Sloane, A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados..., volume I, page 222:
- Ocra, this has a round green stem, which rises straight up to ten or twelve foot high.
References[edit]
- “okra, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a West African language, perhaps via English okra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ocra f (plural ocres)
Further reading[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ocra
- third-person singular past historic of ocrer
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ocra (invariable)
Noun[edit]
ocra f (plural ocre)
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ocre
- oca (dated, colloquial)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ocra f (plural ocras)
- ochre (earth pigment containing silica, aluminium and ferric oxide)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a West African language.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ocra m (plural ocras)
- (El Salvador) okra, Abelmoschus esculentus
- Synonym: quingombó
Further reading[edit]
- “ocra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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