sucre

See also: Sucre and sucré

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuːkɹeɪ/
  • (file)

Noun

sucre (plural sucres)

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, ground or candied sugar); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

  1. sugar

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Old French çucre, from Old Italian zucchero (or another vernacular of Italy),[1] from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, ground or candied sugar”, originally “grit, gravel); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sykʁ/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

  1. sugar

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References

  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sukkar”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 19: Orientalia, page 163

Further reading

Anagrams

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

  1. sucre (former currency of Ecuador)

Further reading

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