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.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  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.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  3. absolute
    • 1792, Florian, Fables, page 178:
      Les dettes du jeu sont sacrées.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  4. very important
    Sa sieste, c'est sacré. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. (intensifier) bloody (in this sense, always before the noun)
    Synonyms: satané, fichu
    sacré menteur ! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  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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