sugre

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French sucre, from Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian zuccaro, from Arabic سُكَّر‎‎ (sukkar), from Persian ‎, from Middle Persian škl (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā).

Alternative forms

suger, sucre, succer, zuker, sucere, succere, zukur, sugur, sugyre, sugowr, sukyr, sugure, sugr, sewgyr, sugyr, zugere

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiu̯ɡər/, /ˈsiu̯ɡrə/, /ˈsiu̯kər/

Noun

sugre (uncountable)

sugar (crystallised sucrose used as a sweetener)
(figuratively, rare) Nutrition, nourishment, delight, sweetness.

Derived terms

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.

Etymology 2

From sugre (noun).

Verb

sugre

Alternative form of sugren

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