sacré

See also: sacre

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.kʁe/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Past participle of sacrer.

Adjective

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

  1. sacred, holy
    Synonyms: saint, sanctifié, vénéré
    • 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. absolute
    • 1792, Florian, Fables, page 178:
      Les dettes du jeu sont sacrées.
      Gambling debts must be paid.
  4. very important
    Sa sieste, c’est sacré.His/her nap is sacred.
  5. (intensifier) bloody, goddamn (in this sense, always before the noun)
    Synonyms: satané, fichu
    Sacré menteur !You bloody liar!
  6. Expresses the admiration of the speaker
    sacré toupet(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    sacrée allure(please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Derived terms

Participle

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

  1. past participle of sacrer

Etymology 2

From sacrum.

Adjective

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

  1. related to sacrum
    plexus sacré(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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