encres

See also: encrés

French

Noun

encres f

1. plural of encre

Anagrams

• cernes, cernés

Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from encresen.

Alternative forms

• encrece, encrees, encrese, encress, encresse, increce, increse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈkrɛːs/, /ɛnˈkrɛs/

Noun

encres (uncountable)

1. An increase (usually in power, wealth, or magnitude).
2. Multiplication or spread of a population.
3. That gained; benefit, profit.
4. The amount that a quantity is increased by; addition.

Descendants

• English: increase (obsolete encrease)

References

• “encrēsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

encres

1. Alternative form of encresen