aigre

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French. See eager.

Adjective[edit]

aigre (comparative more aigre, superlative most aigre)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of eager (sour)

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French aigre, from Vulgar Latin ācrus (possibly via a southern Gallo-Romance dialect), from Latin ācer (with a change in declension), from Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós (sharp). Doublet of âcre, which was borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɛɡʁ/
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

aigre (plural aigres)

  1. sharp, sour, acid
    Synonym: acide
    cerises aigres
    sour cherries
  2. shrill (voice); biting (wind etc.)
    la voix aigre des cornemuses
    the shrill voice of the bagpipes
    • 2007, Georges Chétochine, La vérité sur les gestes, page 169:
      Le ton de sa voix un peu aigre et nasillard est parfaitement synchronisé avec son regard langoureux, humain.
      The sound of his voice, a little shrill and nasal, is perfectly synchronised with his languid, human look.

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin ācrus, from Latin ācer (with a change in declension), from Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós (sharp). The unexpected /ɡ/ may point to this form being borrowed from southern Gallo-Romance dialects.[1] Cf. the variant aire, which shows the phonologically regular outcome for Old French.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (early) /ˈai̯ɡɾə/
  • IPA(key): (late) /ˈɛɡɾə/

Adjective[edit]

aigre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aigre)

  1. sharp, sour, acid

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References[edit]

  1. ^ aigre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.