aigre

  1. sharp, sour, acid
  2. shrill (voice); biting (wind etc.)

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛɡʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French aigre, from Vulgar Latin ācrus (possibly via a southern Gallo-Romance dialect), from Latin ācer (with a change in declension), from Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós (“sharp”). Doublet of âcre, which was borrowed from Latin.

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