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maigre

UK/ˈmeɪ.ɡə/US/ˈmeɪ.ɡɚ/

maigre adjective: made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).

Adjective

maigre (not comparable)

  1. Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).
  2. Belonging to a fast day or fast.

Noun

maigre (plural maigres)

  1. A kind of fish; the meagre.

Forms of maigre

pluralmaigres

Origin of maigre

Borrowed from French maigre. Doublet of meager.

Words that rhyme with maigre

Questions about maigre

What does maigre mean?
Maigre means made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).
What part of speech is maigre?
Maigre can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce maigre?
Maigre is pronounced /ˈmeɪ.ɡə/ (UK).

Words near maigre in the dictionary

  1. maieutical
  2. maieutically
  3. maieutics
  4. Maigaiti
  5. Maigo
  6. maigre
  7. maigres
  8. Maigue
  9. Maiha
  10. Maihama
  11. Maihar

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