sacré
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See also: sacre
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Past participle of sacrer.
Adjective[edit]
sacré (feminine sacrée, masculine plural sacrés, feminine plural sacrées)
- sacred, holy
- 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.
- 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.
- absolute
- 1792, Florian, Fables, page 178:
- Les dettes du jeu sont sacrées.
- Gambling debts must be paid.
- very important
- Sa sieste, c’est sacré. ― His/her nap is sacred.
- (intensifier) bloody, goddamn (in this sense, always before the noun)
- 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)
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- cré and sacrebleu, sacredieu (sacré nom de Dieu)
- feu sacré
- monstre sacré
- sacré nom
- sapré
- sacrément
- union sacrée
- Union sacrée
- vache sacrée
Participle[edit]
sacré (feminine sacrée, masculine plural sacrés, feminine plural sacrées)
- past participle of sacrer
Etymology 2[edit]
From sacrum.
Adjective[edit]
sacré (feminine sacrée, masculine plural sacrés, feminine plural sacrées)
- related to sacrum
- plexus sacré ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading[edit]
- “sacré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.