écru
See also: ecru
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French écru (“raw, unbleached”).
Adjective edit
écru (not comparable)
- 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 edit
écru (countable and uncountable, plural écrus)
- Alternative form of ecru
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
écru (feminine écrue, masculine plural écrus, feminine plural écrues)
Further reading edit
- “écru”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
écru (invariable)
- ecru (color)
- (textiles) unbleached, raw (of fabric)
Noun edit
écru m or f (invariable)
References edit
- ^ écru in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ écru in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French écru.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
écru n (indeclinable)
Adjective edit
écru (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- ecru, cream, off-white
- Synonyms: bladożółty, kremowy
See also edit
biały | szary | czarny |
czerwony; karmazyn | pomarańczowy; brązowy | żółty; beżowy |
limonkowy | zielony | miętowy; ciemnozielony |
cyjan; morski | błękitny | niebieski |
fuksja; indygo | magenta; purpurowy | różowy |
Further reading edit
- écru in Polish dictionaries at PWN