"encre" meaning in French

See encre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɑ̃kʁ/ Audio: Fr-encre.ogg Forms: encres [plural]
Etymology: From Old French enque, from Late Latin encaustum, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston). Compare Italian inchiostro. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|enque}} Old French enque, {{der|fr|LL.|encaustum}} Late Latin encaustum, {{der|fr|grc|ἔγκαυστον}} Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston), {{cog|it|inchiostro}} Italian inchiostro Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} encre f (plural encres)
  1. ink Tags: feminine Derived forms: encrer, encreur, encrier, encre de Chine, encre invisible, faire tache d’encre, se faire un sang d’encre
    Sense id: en-encre-fr-noun-tyi353X3

Verb

IPA: /ɑ̃kʁ/ Audio: Fr-encre.ogg
Etymology: From Old French enque, from Late Latin encaustum, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston). Compare Italian inchiostro. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|enque}} Old French enque, {{der|fr|LL.|encaustum}} Late Latin encaustum, {{der|fr|grc|ἔγκαυστον}} Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston), {{cog|it|inchiostro}} Italian inchiostro Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} encre
  1. inflection of encrer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: encrer Categories (topical): Calligraphy
    Sense id: en-encre-fr-verb-VPkGd9VJ Disambiguation of Calligraphy: 4 68 28 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 68 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 75 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 84 14
  2. inflection of encrer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: encrer
    Sense id: en-encre-fr-verb-6m8cFS7W

Inflected forms

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      "form": "encres",
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        },
        {
          "word": "encreur"
        },
        {
          "word": "encrier"
        },
        {
          "word": "encre de Chine"
        },
        {
          "word": "encre invisible"
        },
        {
          "word": "faire tache d’encre"
        },
        {
          "word": "se faire un sang d’encre"
        }
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        "ink"
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          "ink",
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    },
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      "homophone": "ancre"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ancrent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ancres"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "encrent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "encres"
    }
  ],
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      "homophone": "ancre"
    },
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      "homophone": "ancrent"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "encrier"
    },
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      "word": "encre de Chine"
    },
    {
      "word": "encre invisible"
    },
    {
      "word": "faire tache d’encre"
    },
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      "word": "se faire un sang d’encre"
    }
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    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "ink"
      ],
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        [
          "ink",
          "ink"
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "encrent"
    },
    {
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    }
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    },
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    },
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