sugre

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French sucre, from Old French çucre, from Old Italian zuccaro, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر, from Middle Persian škl (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā).

Alternative forms

• sewgyr, succer, succere, sucere, sucre, suger, sugowr, sugr, sugur, sugure, sugyr, sugyre, sukyr, zugere, zuker, zukur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiu̯ɡər/, /ˈsiu̯ɡrə/, /ˈsiu̯kər/

Noun

sugre (uncountable)

1. sugar (crystallised sucrose used as a sweetener)
2. (figurative, rare) Nutrition, nourishment, delight, sweetness.

Derived terms

• suger candy
• suger lof
• sugren

Descendants

• English: sugar (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: succar

References

• “sugre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-28.

Etymology 2

Verb

sugre

1. Alternative form of sugren