çucre

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Italian zucchero (or another vernacular of Italy),[1] from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, ground or candied sugar”, originally “grit, gravel); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

Noun

çucre oblique singularm (oblique plural çucres, nominative singular çucres, nominative plural çucre)

  1. sugar (sweet crystalized powder)

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (sucre, supplement)
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sukkar”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 19: Orientalia, page 163