different between sacre vs sacra

English

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

sacre (plural sacres)

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

Anagrams

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

French

Etymology

From sacrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sak?/

Noun

sacre m (plural sacres)

1. coronation
2. (Quebec) swear word, curse

Verb

sacre

1. inflection of sacrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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

Italian

Adjective

sacre

1. feminine plural of sacro

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• sacri, sakare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?kre?/

Adjective

sacr?

1. sacred

Noun

sacr? (plural sacres)

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

Etymology 2

From Old French sacre, sagre.

Alternative forms

• sagre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?kr?/, /?sa?k?r/

Noun

sacre (plural sacres)

1. A saker falcon, especially a female

Derived terms

• sacrette

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sa.kre]

Adjective

sacre f pl or n pl

1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of sacru

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