maigre
Meaning
-
- meagre, skinny
- lean, thin
Concepts
become skinny
skinny person
thin person
be thin
sediment starved
thib
Synonyms
sans graisse
peu abondant
peu nombreux
très maigre
faire maigrir
personne maigre
devenir maigre
à faible remplissage sédimentaire
exécution de graisses
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɛɡʁ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French megre, meigre, from Latin macrum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. The variant dialectal form maire is the normal phonetic result; the main form with -gr- was perhaps influenced by analogy with aigre, or may be semi-learned.
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