sacre

See also: sacré

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: sāʹkər, IPA^(key): /ˈseɪkɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Etymology 1

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

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

Noun

sacre (plural sacres)

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

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsa.kɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsa.kɾe]

Adjective

sacre (feminine sacra, masculine and feminine plural sacres)

1. Synonym of sagrat

   el Sacre Imperi romanogermànic ― the Holy Roman Empire

References

• “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

Etymology

From sacrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sakʁ/

• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

sacre m (plural sacres)

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

Verb

sacre

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

sacre f pl

1. feminine plural of sacro

Anagrams

• Resca, rasce

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• sacri, sakare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːkreː/

Adjective

sacrē

1. sacred

Noun

sacrē (plural sacres)

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

Etymology 2

From Old French sacre, sagre.

Alternative forms

• sagre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːkrə/, /ˈsaːkər/

Noun

sacre (plural sacres)

1. A saker falcon, especially a female

Derived terms

• sacrette

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsa.kre]

Adjective

sacre f pl or n pl

1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of sacru

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sacré.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsakɾe/ [ˈsa.kɾe]
• Rhymes: -akɾe
• Syllabification: sa‧cre

Noun

sacre m (plural sacres)

1. (New Mexico) curse

   Synonym: maldición

References

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[1], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

Further reading

• “sacre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10