different between sacral vs sacra

English

Etymology

From Modern Latin sacralis, from Latin sacrum (“sacred, holy”) +? -alis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?k??l/, /?sæk??l/

Adjective

sacral (comparative more sacral, superlative most sacral)

1. (anatomy) Of the sacrum.
2. Sacred.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

sacral (plural sacrals)

1. Any of the sacral bones that make up the sacrum.

Further reading

• sacral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sacral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Claars, Rascal, craals, lascar, rascal, sarlac, scalar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.k?al/
• Homophones: sacrale, sacrales

Adjective

sacral (feminine singular sacrale, masculine plural sacraux, feminine plural sacrales)

1. sacral (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• raclas

Romanian

Etymology

From French sacral.

Adjective

sacral m or n (feminine singular sacral?, masculine plural sacrali, feminine and neuter plural sacrale)

1. sacral

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?k?al/, [sa?k?al]

Adjective

sacral (plural sacrales)

1. sacral (sacred)

   Synonyms: sagrado, sacro

Further reading

• “sacral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Noun

sacra

1. plural of sacrum

Noun

sacra (plural sacrae)

1. sacral artery

Anagrams

• ACARS, Arcas, Ascra, Caras, ascar, sacar

Faliscan

Etymology

Cognate with Latin sacra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sak.ra/

Adjective

sacra f sg

1. sacred (nominative feminine of an unrecorded word)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.k?a/

Verb

sacra

1. third-person singular past historic of sacrer

Italian

Adjective

sacra

1. feminine singular of sacro

Noun

sacra f (plural sacre)

1. Alternative form of sagra

Latin

Adjective

sacra

1. nominative feminine singular of sacer
2. nominative neuter plural of sacer
3. accusative neuter plural of sacer
4. vocative feminine singular of sacer
5. vocative neuter plural of sacer

Adjective

sacr?

1. ablative feminine singular of sacer

Noun

sacra

1. nominative plural of sacrum
2. accusative plural of sacrum
3. vocative plural of sacrum

References

• sacra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sacra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sacra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Noun

sacra f (plural sacras)

1. (Catholicism) altar card (one of a set of three richly-ornamented cards, placed on the altar during a Tridentine mass, containing the texts of prayers)

Adjective

sacra

1. feminine singular of sacro

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sa.kra]

Adjective

sacra

1. definite nominative feminine singular of sacru
2. definite accusative feminine singular of sacru

Spanish

Adjective

sacra

1. feminine singular of sacro