ecru

• écru

Borrowed from French écru (“raw, unbleached”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkɹuː/, /ˈeɪkɹuː/

ecru (countable and uncountable, plural ecrus)

1. 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.

ecru (not comparable)

1. 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...

   • 2025 May 17, Henry Mance, quoting Trinny Woodall, “Lunch with the FT: Trinny Woodall”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:

     I might rethink my cream suit, I say. “Do you really have a cream suit?” she sighs. “Is it cream or is it ecru?” With that, I learn a new word.

• Appendix:Colors

• Cure, crue, cuer, cure

ecru

1. misspelling of écru

ecru

1. misspelling of écru

• cure

Borrowed from French écru.

ecru m or n (feminine singular ecră, masculine plural ecri, feminine and neuter plural ecre)

1. ecru