ecru
See also: écru
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Etymology edit
From French écru (“raw, unbleached”).
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ecru (countable and uncountable, plural ecrus)
- A beige colour.
- ecru:
- 2009, Y.J. Zhu, “Taklamakan Desert Moon Ride”, in Lucy McCauley, editor, The Best Women's Travel Writing 2009: True Stories from Around the World (Travelers' Tales)[1], →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 154:
- We have descended Tian Shan and entered the Taklamakan Desert, a barren landscape painted in ecru—no shrubs, no grass, only waves upon waves of naked ridges the color of buff, the highest few spotted with white specks of snow.
Adjective edit
ecru (not comparable)
- Of a beige colour.
- 2005, Binnie Kirshenbaum, An Almost Perfect Moment:
- Miriam fell in love with a tulle-and-lace gown, but Judy returned to the first one they'd looked at, an ecru satin bridal gown...
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beige — see beige
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ecru
- Misspelling of écru.
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ecru
- Misspelling of écru.
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ecru m or n (feminine singular ecră, masculine plural ecri, feminine and neuter plural ecre)