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

• Cure, crue, cuer, cure

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French

Etymology

é- +‎ cru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.kʁy/

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Adjective

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

1. raw (of materials)

Further reading

• “écru”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• crue, crûe, cure, curé, reçu

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French écru (“raw, unbleached”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //ˈɛk.ri//

Adjective

écru (indeclinable, no derived adverb)

1. cream, off-white

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