ocre
See also: ocré
English edit
Noun edit
ocre (countable and uncountable, plural ocres)
References edit
- “okra, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Late Latin ochra, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “yellow”). The spelling with -e is due to influence from French ocre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ocre m (plural ocres)
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
ocre m or f (masculine and feminine plural ocres)
Further reading edit
- “ocre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin ochra, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “yellow”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ocre m (plural ocres)
Adjective edit
ocre (plural ocres)
Further reading edit
- “ocre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ocre f
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.kre/, [ˈɔkrɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.kre/, [ˈɔːkre]
Noun edit
ocre
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ocre m (plural ocres)
- Alternative form of ocra
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin ochra, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “yellow”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ocre m (plural ocres)
Adjective edit
ocre (invariable)
Further reading edit
- “ocre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014