sacre - Wiktionary (2024)

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), from Old French sacrer (“to hallow, consecrate, anoint, dedicate”), from Latin sacrō (“to make sacred, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós (“sacred”), from *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).

Verb[edit]

sacre (third-person singular simple present sacres, present participle sacring, simple past and past participle sacred)

1. (obsolete) To consecrate
   • c.1382-1395, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe), Exodus 28:41,

     And thou schalt clothe Aaron, thi brother, with alle these, and hise sones with hym. And thou schalt sacre the hondis of alle; and thou schalt halewe hem, that thei be set in preesthood to me.

   • 1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:

     And I purpose this night to sacre you all with the Holy Incense.

   • 1911, “Aix-la-Chapelle”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:

     From the coronation of Louis the Pious in 813 until that of Ferdinand I. in 1531 the sacring of the German kings took place at Aix, and as many as thirty-two emperors and kings were here crowned.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

sacre (plural sacres)

1. Alternative form of saker (“type of cannon”)

Anagrams[edit]

• CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, caser, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, scare, serac, sérac

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin sacrum.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kɾe/

Adjective[edit]

sacre (feminine sacra, masculine and feminine plural sacres)

1. Synonym of sagrat

   el Sacre Imperi romanogermànic ― the Holy Roman Empire

References[edit]

• “sacre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “sacre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sacrer.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /sakʁ/

• Audio (CAN)

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Noun[edit]

sacrem (plural sacres)

1. coronation
2. (Quebec, often in the plural) swear word, curse

Verb[edit]

sacre

1. inflection of sacrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

• âcres, caser, César, crase, créas, races, scare

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kre/
• Rhymes: -akre
• Hyphenation: sà‧cre

Adjective[edit]

sacrefpl

1. feminine plural of sacro

Anagrams[edit]

• Resca, rasce

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Old French sacree and sacre. Probably influenced by Old French sacré, past participle of Old French sacrer.

Alternative forms[edit]

• sacri, sakare

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːkreː/

Adjective[edit]

sacrē

1. sacred

Noun[edit]

sacrē (plural sacres)

1. A religious festival
2. A consecration, especially the coronation of a monarch

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old French sacre, sagre.

Alternative forms[edit]

• sagre

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːkrə/, /ˈsaːkər/

Noun[edit]

sacre (plural sacres)

1. A saker falcon, especially a female

Derived terms[edit]

• sacrette

References[edit]

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈsa.kre]

Adjective[edit]

sacrefpl or npl

1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of sacru

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