English Explanatory Dictionary

maigre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).
  2. Belonging to a fast day or fast.
noun
  1. A kind of fish; the meagre.

Pronunciation

/ˈmeɪ.ɡə/ /ˈmeɪ.ɡɚ/

Word forms

maigre maigres

Etymology

Borrowed from French maigre. Doublet of meager.

Related words

soupe maigre
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