écru

See also: ecru

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French écru (“raw, unbleached”).

Adjective

écru (not comparable)

1. 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)

1. Alternative form of ecru

Anagrams

• Cure, crue, cuer, cure

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ cru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.kʁy/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

écru (feminine écrue, masculine plural écrus, feminine plural écrues)

1. raw (of materials)
2. ecru (color)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• crue, crûe, cure, curé, reçu

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French écru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈkry/^**, /eˈkru/^**
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

écru (invariable)

1. ecru (color)
2. (textiles) unbleached, raw (of fabric)

Noun

écru m or f (invariable)

1. ecru
2. (textiles) unbleached fabric

Anagrams

• cure

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French écru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈkri/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: é‧cru

Noun

écru n (indeclinable)

1. ecru colour

Adjective

écru (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. ecru, cream, off-white

   Synonyms: bladożółty, kremowy

See also

Colors in Polish · kolory (layout · text)

biały	szary	czarny
czerwony; karmazyn	pomarańczowy; brązowy	żółty; beżowy
limonkowy	zielony	miętowy; ciemnozielony
cyjan; morski	błękitny	niebieski
fuksja; indygo	magenta; purpurowy	różowy

Further reading

• écru in Polish dictionaries at PWN