ecru

• écru

From French écru (“raw, unbleached”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkɹuː/, /ˈeɪkɹuː/

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)‎, →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.

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...

• Appendix:Colors

• Cure, crue, cuer, cure

ecru

1. Misspelling of écru.

ecru

1. Misspelling of écru.

• cure

Borrowed from French écru.

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

1. ecru