encres
See also: encrés
French
Noun
encres f
- plural of encre
Anagrams
- cernes, cernés
Middle English
Etymology 1
A back-formation from encresen.
Alternative forms
- encrece, encrees, encrese, encress, encresse, increce, increse
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛnˈkrɛːs/, /ɛnˈkrɛs/
Noun
encres (uncountable)
- An increase (usually in power, wealth, or magnitude).
- Multiplication or spread of a population.
- That gained; benefit, profit.
- The amount that a quantity is increased by; addition.
Descendants
- English: increase (obsolete encrease)
References
- “encrēsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Verb
encres
- Alternative form of encresen