engrain

English

Etymology

From the French phrase en grain. See grain (“cochineal dye”).

Verb

engrain (third-person singular simple present engrains, present participle engraining, simple past and past participle engrained)

1. Alternative spelling of ingrain.

Anagrams

• Nearing, Reginan, aginner, aningre, earning, geranin, grannie, nearing, nigeran

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ grain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ̃/

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Noun

engrain m (plural engrains)

1. (botany) einkorn wheat

   Synonym: petit épeautre

Further reading

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