"sugre" meaning in Middle English

See sugre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsiu̯ɡər/, /ˈsiu̯ɡrə/, /ˈsiu̯kər/
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre Borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro:çucre|id=sugar|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre Borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} sugre, {{enm-noun|-}} sugre (uncountable) Forms: sewgyr [alternative], succer [alternative], succere [alternative], sucere [alternative], sucre [alternative], suger [alternative], sugowr [alternative], sugr [alternative], sugur [alternative], sugure [alternative], sugyr [alternative], sugyre [alternative], sukyr [alternative], zugere [alternative], zuker [alternative], zukur [alternative]
  1. sugar (crystallised sucrose used as a sweetener) Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-sugre-enm-noun-p3ZRJ0Hk Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymology texts, Middle English entries with etymology trees, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Sugars Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymology texts: 80 20 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymology trees: 80 20 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 18 33 Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 6 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 5 14 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 88 12 Disambiguation of Sugars: 76 6 18
  2. (figurative, rare) Nutrition, nourishment, delight, sweetness. Tags: figuratively, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sugre-enm-noun-yRvslNRD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: suger candy, suger lof, sugren
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} sugre
  1. alternative form of sugren Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sugren
    Sense id: en-sugre-enm-verb-PL9wPYKS Categories (other): Cooking Disambiguation of Cooking: 34 14 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈsiu̯ɡər/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsiu̯ɡrə/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiu̯kər/"
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