ecru
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See also: écru
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French écru (“raw, unbleached”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ecru (countable and uncountable, plural ecrus)
- 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.
Adjective[edit]
ecru (not comparable)
- 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...
Translations[edit]
beige — see beige
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Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ecru
- Misspelling of écru.
Noun[edit]
ecru
- Misspelling of écru.
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ecru m or n (feminine singular ecră, masculine plural ecri, feminine and neuter plural ecre)
Declension[edit]
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