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écru

écru is the alternative form of ecru.

Meaning of ecru

Adjective

ecru (not comparable)

  1. Of a beige colour.
    • 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...2005, Binnie Kirshenbaum, An Almost Perfect Moment

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Forms of écru

pluralécrus

Questions about écru

What is écru the alternative form of?
Écru is the alternative form of ecru.

Words near écru in the dictionary

  1. écossaises
  2. écrasement
  3. écrasements
  4. écraseur
  5. écraseurs
  6. écru
  7. écrémage
  8. écu
  9. écuelle
  10. écuelled
  11. écuelles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: écru (page history and authors); ecru (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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