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scare
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sk??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sk??/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English sker, skere (“terror, fright”), from the verb Middle English skerren (“to frighten”) (see below).
Noun
scare (plural scares)
- A minor fright.
- A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
- a food-poisoning scare
- A device or object used to frighten.
Synonyms
- fright
Related terms
- scary
Translations
See also
- scarecrow
Etymology 2
From Middle English scaren, skaren, scarren, skeren, skerren, from Old Norse skirra (“to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert”), from Proto-Germanic *skirzijan? (“to shoo, scare off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to swing, jump, move”). Related to Old Norse skjarr (“timid, shy, afraid of”). Cognate with Scots skar (“wild, timid, shy”), dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk skjerra, dialectal Swedish skjarra and possibly Old Armenian ??? (c?i?, “wild ass”).
Verb
scare (third-person singular simple present scares, present participle scaring, simple past and past participle scared)
- To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
- 1995, The Langoliers
- (Laurel Stevenson) Would you please be quiet? You're scaring the little girl.
- (Craig Toomey) Scaring the little girl?! Scaring the little girl?! Lady!
- 1995, The Langoliers
Synonyms
- frighten
- terrify
- See also Thesaurus:frighten
Translations
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Adjective
scare (comparative more scare, superlative most scare)
- lean; scanty
Anagrams
- CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, caser, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, sacre, serac, sérac
French
Etymology
From Latin scarus (also genus name Scarus), from Ancient Greek ?????? (skáros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ska?/
Noun
scare m (plural scares)
- parrotfish
Further reading
- “scare” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- âcres, caser, César, crase, créas, races, sacre, sacré
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sacre
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)
- (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.
- c.1382-1395, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe), Exodus 28:41,
Etymology 2
Noun
sacre (plural sacres)
- 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)
- coronation
- (Quebec) swear word, curse
Verb
sacre
- inflection of sacrer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 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
- 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?
- sacred
Noun
sacr? (plural sacres)
- A religious festival
- 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)
- 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
- nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of sacru
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