sucre

See also: Sucre and sucré

English

Etymology

From Spanish Sucre, from the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːkɹeɪ/

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Noun

sucre (plural sucres)

1. The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.

Anagrams

• Cruse, Cures, crues, cruse, cuers, cures, curse, ecrus

Catalan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā)

Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.

Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.

Catalan sucre

Borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar).

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sugar

Derived terms

• canya de sucre
• ensucrar
• sucre de llustre
• sucre mascavat
• sucre roig
• sucrós

Further reading

• “sucre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sucre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “sucre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sucre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā)

Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.

Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.

Old Italian zuccherobor.

Old French çucrebor.

Middle French sucre

French sucre

Inherited from Middle French sucre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sykʁ/

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Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sugar

Derived terms

• betterave à sucre
• canne à sucre
• casser du sucre sur le dos de
• cuillère à sucre
• pain de sucre
• pur sucre
• su-sucre
• sucrage
• sucrant
• sucrase
• sucrate
• sucré
• sucre blanc
• sucre bleu
• sucre de canne
• sucre de plomb
• sucre de pomme
• sucre de saturne
• sucre d’orge
• sucre en poudre
• sucre glace
• sucre roux
• sucre simple
• sucrer
• sucrerie
• sucrette
• sucrier
• sucrière
• sucrin
• susucre
• tout sucre
• tout sucre et miel
• tout sucre et tout miel
• tout sucre, tout miel

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: sik
• →⇒ Danish: sucrose
• →⇒ English: sucrose
• → Malecite-Passamaquoddy: sukol (or from English)
• → Mango: súkàr
• → Rade: sĭk

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• crues, crûes, cures, curés, écrus, reçus, sucer

Middle English

Noun

sucre

1. alternative form of sugre

Old French

Noun

sucre oblique singular, m (nominative singular sucres)

1. alternative form of çucre

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sucre.

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sucre

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sucre	sucreul		sucres	sucresi
genitive-dative	sucre	sucreului		sucres	sucreslor
vocative	sucreule			sucreslor

Spanish

Etymology

From the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsukɾe/ [ˈsu.kɾe]
• Rhymes: -ukɾe
• Syllabification: su‧cre

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sucre (former currency of Ecuador)

Further reading

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