different between sacre vs sucre

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

Etymology

Spanish Sucre, from the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su?k?e?/

Noun

sucre (plural sucres)

1. The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.

Anagrams

• Cruse, Cures, crues, cruse, cuers, cures, curse, ecrus

Catalan

Etymology

From Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic ??????? (sukkar), from Persian ???? (šekar), from Sanskrit ?????? (?árkar?, “ground or candied sugar”); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?su.k??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?su.k?e/

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sugar

Derived terms

Further reading

• “sucre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sucre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “sucre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sucre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic ??????? (sukkar), from Persian ???? (šekar), from Sanskrit ?????? (?árkar?, “ground or candied sugar”); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syk?/

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sugar

Derived terms

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: sik
• ? Danish: sucrose
• ? English: sucrose
• ? Malecite-Passamaquoddy: sukol (or from English)
• ? Rade: s?k

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• crues, crûes, cures, curés, écrus, reçus, sucer

Middle English

Noun

sucre

1. Alternative form of sugre

Old French

Noun

sucre m (nominative singular sucres)

1. Alternative form of çucre

Spanish

Etymology

From the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sucre (former currency of Ecuador)