ecru

See also: écru

English

Alternative forms

• écru

Etymology

From French écru (“raw, unbleached”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkɹuː/, /ˈeɪkɹuː/

Noun

ecru (countable and uncountable, plural ecrus)

1. 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)‎^[1], →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)

1. 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

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• Cure, crue, cuer, cure

Italian

Adjective

ecru

1. Misspelling of écru.

Noun

ecru

1. Misspelling of écru.

Anagrams

• cure

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French écru.

Adjective

ecru m or n (feminine singular ecră, masculine plural ecri, feminine and neuter plural ecre)

1. ecru

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	ecru		ecră		ecri	ecre
	definite	ecrul		ecra		ecrii	ecrele
genitive- dative	indefinite	ecru		ecre		ecri	ecre
	definite	ecrului		ecrei		ecrilor	ecrelor