different between sucre vs secre

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)

Middle English

Noun

secre

1. secret

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Spanish

Noun

secre m or f (plural secres)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of secretario, sec (secretary)