aigre

French. See eager.

aigre (comparative more aigre, superlative most aigre)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of eager (“sour”)

• vinegar

• Aegir, Argie, Gaier, aegir, aiger

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *acrus or *acrum, change of declension from Classical Latin acer, acrem, from Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós (“sharp”). Compare âcre, a borrowed doublet.

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡʁ/

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aigre (plural aigres)

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

• aigreur
• aigrir

• vinaigre

• “aigre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• gérai
• réagi