ecru
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English
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Etymology
From French écru (“raw, unbleached”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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), →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
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
beige — see beige
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Anagrams
Italian
Adjective
ecru
- Misspelling of écru.
Noun
ecru
- Misspelling of écru.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
ecru m or n (feminine singular ecră, masculine plural ecri, feminine and neuter plural ecre)