aigre
Meaning
- sharp, sour, acid
- shrill (voice); biting (wind etc.)
Concepts
bad tasting
make sour
very sour
trenchant
sour-smelling
become sour
acrimoniousa
poignant
Synonyms
rendre aigre
devenir aigre
Frequency
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 *h₂ḱrós (“sharp”). Doublet of âcre, which was borrowed from Latin.
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