sacré

See also: sacre

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.kʁe/

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Etymology 1

Past participle of sacrer.

Adjective

sacré (feminine sacrée, masculine plural sacrés, feminine plural sacrées)

1. sacred, holy

   Synonyms: saint, sanctifié, vénéré

   Antonym: profane

   feu sacré ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   monstre sacré ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   vache sacrée ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   union sacrée ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1890, Ernest Renan, L'Avenir de la Science, page 494:

     Le Golgotha ne devint sacré que deux ou trois siècles après Jésus.

     Golgotha only became sacred in the third or fourth century AD.

2. religious
   • 1836, Alfred de Musset, Confessions d'un enfant du siècle:

     J'aime par-dessus tout la musique sacrée, et ce morceau […] m'avait paru très beau.

     I like religious music best of all, and this piece […] seemed to me very beautiful.

3. very important

   Sa sieste, c'est sacré. ― His/her nap is sacred.

   La famille, c'est sacré. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1792, Florian, Fables, page 178:

     Les dettes du jeu sont sacrées.

     Gambling debts must be paid.

4. (informal) hell of a; bloody

   sacré menteur ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   sacré toupet ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   sacré nom ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   C'est un sacré service que tu nous as rendu là ! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• sacrément

Participle

sacré (feminine sacrée, masculine plural sacrés, feminine plural sacrées)

1. past participle of sacrer

Etymology 2

From Latin sacrum +‎ -é.

Adjective

sacré (feminine sacrée, masculine plural sacrés, feminine plural sacrées)

1. (relational) sacrum, sacral

   plexus sacré ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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