"sacré" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /sa.kʁe/ Audio: Fr-sacré.ogg Forms: sacrée [feminine], sacrés [masculine, plural], sacrées [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Past participle of sacrer. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|sacrer}} sacrer Head templates: {{fr-adj}} sacré (feminine sacrée, masculine plural sacrés, feminine plural sacrées)
  1. sacred, holy Synonyms: saint, sanctifié, vénéré Derived forms (cré and sacrebleu, sacredieu (sacré nom de Dieu)): crébleu, crédié, crédieu, crénom, crebleu
    Sense id: en-sacré-fr-adj-YTGcST~8 Disambiguation of 'cré and sacrebleu, sacredieu (sacré nom de Dieu)': 57 0 0 0 35 8
  2. religious
    Sense id: en-sacré-fr-adj-P4tEZKmd
  3. absolute
    Sense id: en-sacré-fr-adj-dHNVvcKi
  4. very important
    Sense id: en-sacré-fr-adj-~fAFjKvr
  5. (intensifier) bloody, goddamn (in this sense, always before the noun) Tags: emphatic, intensifier Synonyms: satané, fichu
    Sense id: en-sacré-fr-adj-cU-j~1fJ
  6. Expresses the admiration of the speaker
    Sense id: en-sacré-fr-adj-gypPOy~F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: feu sacré, monstre sacré, sacré nom, sapré, sacrément, union sacrée, Union sacrée, vache sacrée
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /sa.kʁe/ Audio: Fr-sacré.ogg Forms: sacrée [feminine], sacrés [masculine, plural], sacrées [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From sacrum. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|sacrum}} sacrum Head templates: {{fr-adj}} sacré (feminine sacrée, masculine plural sacrés, feminine plural sacrées)
  1. related to sacrum
    Sense id: en-sacré-fr-adj-inqrfxz9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /sa.kʁe/ Audio: Fr-sacré.ogg Forms: sacrée [feminine], sacrés [masculine, plural], sacrées [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Past participle of sacrer. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|sacrer}} sacrer Head templates: {{fr-past participle}} sacré (feminine sacrée, masculine plural sacrés, feminine plural sacrées)
  1. past participle of sacrer Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: sacrer
    Sense id: en-sacré-fr-verb-51lG4cAS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 0 0 0 17 3 27 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of French usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "plexus sacré",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "related to sacrum"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sacrum",
          "sacrum"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/sa.kʁe/"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-sacré.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Fr-sacr%C3%A9.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
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}

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