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Meaning of ecru | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɛkɹuː

Definitions

  1. A beige colour
  2. A beige colour.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Of a beige colour

Equivalents

Español crudo
Français écru écru
Italiano écru
日本語 亜麻色

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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