ocre
Portuguese, noun/ˈɔ.kɾi/
ocre is spelled O-C-R-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ocre is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of ocra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cor do espectro visível; a cor da terra”.
What does ocre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of ocra
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. da cor da terra
noun: 1. cor do espectro visível; a cor da terra. 2. argila colorida por óxido de ferro, usada em pintura.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ocre
- ocres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ocre?
- Brazil /ˈɔ.kɾi/
- Portugal /ˈɔ.kɾɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ocre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ocre in Portuguese?
ocre appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).