sacre

From Middle English sacren, sakeren, from Old French sacrer (“to hallow”), from Latin sacrō (“to make sacred, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”).

sacre (third-person singular simple present sacres, present participle sacring, simple past and past participle sacred)

1. (obsolete) To consecrate
   • c.1382-1395, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe), Exodus 28:41,

     And thou schalt clothe Aaron, thi brother, with alle these, and hise sones with hym. And thou schalt sacre the hondis of alle; and thou schalt halewe hem, that thei be set in preesthood to me.

   • 1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night,

     And I purpose this night to sacre you all with the Holy Incense.

   • 1911, Aix-la-Chapelle, article in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica,

     From the coronation of Louis the Pious in 813 until that of Ferdinand I. in 1531 the sacring of the German kings took place at Aix, and as many as thirty-two emperors and kings were here crowned.

sacre (plural sacres)

1. Alternative form of saker (“type of cannon”)

• CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, caser, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, scare, serac, sérac

From sacrer.

sacre m (plural sacres)

1. coronation
2. (Quebec) swear word

sacre

1. first-person singular present indicative of sacrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of sacrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of sacrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of sacrer
5. second-person singular indiactive of sacrer

• “sacre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• âcres, caser, César, crase, créas, races, scare

sacre

1. Feminine plural of adjective sacro.

Borrowed from Old French sacree and sacre. Probably influenced by Old French sacré, past participle of Old French sacrer.

• sacri, sakare

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːkreː/

sacrē

1. sacred

sacrē (plural sacres)

1. A religious festival
2. A consecration, especially the coronation of a monarch

From Old French sacre, sagre.

• sagre

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːkrə/, /ˈsaːkər/

sacre (plural sacres)

1. A saker falcon, especially a female

• sacrette

• OED 2nd edition 1989

• IPA^(key): [ˈsa.kre]

sacre f pl or n pl

1. nominative feminine plural of sacru
2. accusative feminine plural of sacru
3. nominative neuter plural of sacru
4. accusative neuter plural of sacru