écru

See also: ecru

English

Adjective

écru (not comparable)

  1. 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

écru (countable and uncountable, plural écrus)

  1. Alternative form of ecru.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ cru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kʁy/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

écru (feminine écrue, masculine plural écrus, feminine plural écrues)

  1. raw (of materials)
  2. ecru (color)

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French écru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈkry/**[1], /eˈkru/**[2]
  • Rhymes: -u

Adjective

écru (invariable)

  1. ecru (color)
  2. (textiles) unbleached, raw (of fabric)

Noun

écru m or f (invariable)

  1. ecru
  2. (textiles) unbleached fabric

References

  1. ^ écru in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ écru in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French écru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈkri/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: é‧cru

Noun

écru n (indeclinable)

  1. ecru colour

Adjective

écru (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. ecru, cream, off-white
    Synonyms: bladożółty, kremowy

See also

Colors in Polish · kolory (layout · text)
     biały      szary      czarny
             czerwony; karmazyn              pomarańczowy; brązowy              żółty; beżowy
             limonkowy              zielony              miętowy; ciemnozielony
             cyjan; morski              błękitny              niebieski
             fuksja; indygo              magenta; purpurowy              różowy

Further reading

  • écru in Polish dictionaries at PWN