ecru

See also: écru

English

Alternative forms

• écru

Etymology

Etymology tree

French é-

French cru

French écrubor.

English ecru

Borrowed 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...

   • 2025 May 17, Henry Mance, quoting Trinny Woodall, “Lunch with the FT: Trinny Woodall”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

     I might rethink my cream suit, I say. “Do you really have a cream suit?” she sighs. “Is it cream or is it ecru?” With that, I learn a new word.

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/neuter plural ecre)

1. ecru

Declension

Declension of ecru

		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