sugre
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French sucre, from Old French çucre, from Old Italian zuccaro, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر, from Middle Persian škl (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā).
Alternative forms
- sewgyr, succer, succere, sucere, sucre, suger, sugowr, sugr, sugur, sugure, sugyr, sugyre, sukyr, zugere, zuker, zukur
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiu̯ɡər/, /ˈsiu̯ɡrə/, /ˈsiu̯kər/
Noun
sugre (uncountable)
- sugar (crystallised sucrose used as a sweetener)
- (figurative, rare) Nutrition, nourishment, delight, sweetness.
Derived terms
- suger candy
- suger lof
- sugren
Descendants
- English: sugar (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: succar
References
- “sugre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-28.
Verb
sugre
- Alternative form of sugren