maigre

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UK/ˈmeɪ.ɡə/US/ˈmeɪ.ɡɚ/

adjective

Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).

Similar
maigerSciaena aquila
OriginFrench maigre →
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Meanings

adjectivemaigre (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecookingMade without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).
  2. not comparableBelonging to a fast day or fast.
nounmaigre (plural maigres)

plural maigres

  1. A kind of fish; the meagre.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlarge European marine food fish

Similar
maigerSciaena aquila
Broader
sciaenid fishsciaenid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchmaigre
  2. Englishmaigre

Borrowed from French maigre. Doublet of meager.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with maigre

agareagrefragor
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Anagrams

mirageimagerMargie
Cite this entry
APA

maigre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maigre

MLA

“maigre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maigre. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maigre,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maigre.

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