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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French écru (“raw, unbleached”).
Adjective
écru (not comparable)
- 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)
- Alternative form of ecru
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From é- + cru.
Pronunciation
Adjective
écru (feminine écrue, masculine plural écrus, feminine plural écrues)
- raw (of materials)
- ecru (color)
Further reading
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French écru.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈkry/**, /eˈkru/**
- Rhymes: -u
Adjective
écru (invariable)
- ecru (color)
- (textiles) unbleached, raw (of fabric)
Noun
écru m or f (invariable)
- ecru
- (textiles) unbleached fabric
References
- ^ écru in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ écru in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French écru.
Pronunciation
Noun
écru n (indeclinable)
- ecru colour
Adjective
écru (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- ecru, cream, off-white
- Synonyms: bladożółty, kremowy
See also
Further reading
- écru in Polish dictionaries at PWN