engrain

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

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

1. Alternative spelling of ingrain

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

From en- +‎ grain.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ̃/

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engrain m (plural engrains)

1. (botany) einkorn wheat

   Synonym: petit épeautre

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