ocre

ocre (countable and uncountable, plural ocres)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of okra.

• “okra, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

• -core, CORE, Core, ROCE, cero, cero-, co-r.e., core, creo

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ochra, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “yellow”). The spelling with -e is due to influence from French ocre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔ.kɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔ.kɾe]

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ocre m (plural ocres)

1. ochre

• ocraci
• ocrós

ocre m or f (masculine and feminine plural ocres)

1. ochre

   Synonyms: ocraci, ocrós

• “ocre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Late Latin ochra, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “yellow”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).

• IPA^(key): /ɔkʁ/

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ocre m (plural ocres)

1. ochre

ocre (plural ocres)

1. ochre

• “ocre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kre/
• Rhymes: -ɔkre
• Hyphenation: ò‧cre

ocre f

1. plural of ocra

• c'ero, cero, cerò, core, creo, creò, reco, recò

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.krɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.kre]

ocre

1. ablative singular of ocris

ocre m (plural ocres)

1. alternative form of ocra

Borrowed from Late Latin ochra, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “yellow”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈokɾe/ [ˈo.kɾe]
• Rhymes: -okɾe
• Syllabification: o‧cre

ocre m (plural ocres)

1. ochre

ocre (invariable)

1. ochre

• “ocre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024