English Explanatory Dictionary

sacre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To consecrate.
noun
  1. Alternative form of saker (“type of cannon”).

Pronunciation

sāʹkər /ˈseɪkɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Shift-Wiki-Mess-sacre.wav

Word forms

sacre sacres sacring sacred

Etymology

From Middle English sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), from Old French sacrer (“to hallow, consecrate, anoint, dedicate”), from Latin sacrō (“to make sacred, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós (“sacred”), from *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).

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