âcre

Borrowed from Latin ācrem. Doublet of aigre, which wasn't borrowed from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /akʁ/ ~ /ɑkʁ/

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âcre (plural âcres)

1. acrid, bitter
2. (figuratively) sour, bitter

• âcreté
• âcrement

• “âcre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• acre, care, caré, créa, race, racé