"ancre" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɑ̃kʁ/ Audio: Fr-ancre.ogg Forms: ancres [plural]
Etymology: From Old French ancre, from Latin ancora (“anchor”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|ancre}} Old French ancre, {{der|fr|la|ancora||anchor}} Latin ancora (“anchor”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} ancre f (plural ancres)
  1. anchor (of a ship) Tags: feminine Derived forms: ancrage, ancré, ancre de miséricorde, ancrer, jeter l’ancre, lever l’ancre
    Sense id: en-ancre-fr-noun-a9yUX08B

Verb

IPA: /ɑ̃kʁ/ Audio: Fr-ancre.ogg
Etymology: From Old French ancre, from Latin ancora (“anchor”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|ancre}} Old French ancre, {{der|fr|la|ancora||anchor}} Latin ancora (“anchor”) Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} ancre
  1. inflection of ancrer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: ancrer
    Sense id: en-ancre-fr-verb-P4nN6ju5 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 68 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 75 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 84 14
  2. inflection of ancrer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: ancrer
    Sense id: en-ancre-fr-verb-poQ46zLP

Inflected forms

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        },
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          "word": "ancrer"
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        {
          "word": "jeter l’ancre"
        },
        {
          "word": "lever l’ancre"
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    },
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      "homophone": "ancres"
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      "homophone": "encre"
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      "homophone": "encrent"
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      "homophone": "encres"
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