sucre

See also: Sucre and sucré

English

Etymology

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

Noun

sucre (plural sucres)

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

Anagrams

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

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar”); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sugar

Derived terms

• sucrós

Further reading

• “sucre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sucre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French çucre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin zuccarum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Italian zucchero, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian شکر (šekar), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar”); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sykʁ/

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Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sugar

Related terms

• canne à sucre
• pain de sucre
• sucrage
• sucrant
• sucrase
• sucrate
• sucré
• sucre blanc
• sucre bleu
• sucre d’orge
• sucre de pomme
• sucre de plomb
• sucre de saturne
• sucre en poudre

• sucre glace
• sucre roux
• sucre simple
• sucrer
• sucrerie
• sucrette
• sucrier
• sucrière
• sucrin
• susucre, su-sucre
• tout sucre
• tout sucre, tout miel
• tout sucre et tout miel
• tout sucre et miel

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: sik
• → Danish: sucrose
• → English: sucrose
• → Malecite-Passamaquoddy: sukol (or from English)
• → 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

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Middle English

Noun

sucre

1. Alternative form of sugre

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Old French

Noun

sucre oblique singular, m (nominative singular sucres)

1. Alternative form of çucre

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sucre (former currency of Ecuador)