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ecru

ec·ru
E e

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ek-roo, ey-kroo]
    • /ˈɛk ru, ˈeɪ kru/
    • /ˈeɪ.kruː/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ek-roo, ey-kroo]
    • /ˈɛk ru, ˈeɪ kru/

Definitions of ecru word

  • adjective ecru very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc. 1
  • noun ecru an ecru color. 1
  • noun ecru The light beige color of unbleached linen. 1
  • noun ecru beige colour 1
  • adjective ecru beige in colour 1
  • colour ecru Something that is ecru is pale, creamy-white in colour. 0

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Origin of ecru

First appearance:

before 1865
One of the 28% newest English words
1865-70; < French, equivalent to é- completely (< Latin ex- ex-1) + cru raw (< Latin crūdus; see crude)

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Parts of speech for Ecru

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

ecru popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

ecru usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for ecru

noun ecru

  • tan — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
  • beige — Something that is beige is pale brown in colour.

adjective ecru

  • hazel — a female given name.
  • umber — an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
  • mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
  • puce — of a dark or brownish purple.
  • russet — yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.

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