ocre

See also: ocré

English

Noun

ocre (countable and uncountable, plural ocres)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of okra.

References

• “okra, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Anagrams

• -core, CORE, Core, ROCE, cero, cero-, co-r.e., core, creo

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ochra, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “yellow”). The spelling with -e is due to influence from French ocre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔ.kɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔ.kɾe]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

ocre m (plural ocres)

1. ochre

Derived terms

• ocraci
• ocrós

Adjective

ocre m or f (masculine and feminine plural ocres)

1. ochre

   Synonyms: ocraci, ocrós

Further reading

• “ocre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin ochra, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “yellow”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔkʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

ocre m (plural ocres)

1. ochre

Adjective

ocre (plural ocres)

1. ochre

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kre/
• Rhymes: -ɔkre
• Hyphenation: ò‧cre

Noun

ocre f

1. plural of ocra

Anagrams

• c'ero, cero, cerò, core, creo, creò, reco, recò

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.kre/, [ˈɔkrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.kre/, [ˈɔːkre]

Noun

ocre

1. ablative singular of ocris

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɾɨ/

Noun

ocre m (plural ocres)

1. Alternative form of ocra

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ochra, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “yellow”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈokɾe/ [ˈo.kɾe]
• Rhymes: -okɾe
• Syllabification: o‧cre

Noun

ocre m (plural ocres)

1. ochre

Adjective

ocre (invariable)

1. ochre

Further reading

• “ocre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10