consacrer
French, verb/kɔ̃.sa.kʁe/
consacrer is spelled C-O-N-S-A-C-R-E-R (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,851st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consacrer is a French verb meaning “to dedicate, to devote (time, effort)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dédier à Dieu, à une divinité, à un saint, avec certaines cérémonies”.
What does consacrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dedicate, to devote (time, effort)
- 2
to consecrate
- 3
to standardize through long usage
Ce terme est récent; il n'y a pas encore de traduction consacrée.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dédier à Dieu, à une divinité, à un saint, avec certaines cérémonies. 2. Donner, dévouer à Dieu, sans observer aucune cérémonie particulière. 3. Dévouer, destiner ou employer quelque chose à un certain usage. 4. Employer son temps à une action.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of consacrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- consacrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- consacré participle past
- consacre first-person indicative present
- consacres indicative present second-person
- consacrons first-person indicative plural
- consacrez indicative plural present
- consacrent indicative plural present
- consacrais first-person imperfect indicative
- consacrait imperfect indicative singular
- consacrions first-person imperfect indicative
- consacriez imperfect indicative plural
- consacraient imperfect indicative plural
- consacrai first-person historic indicative
- consacras historic indicative past
- consacra historic indicative past
- consacrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consacrer?
- /kɔ̃.sa.kʁe/
- \kɔ̃.sa.kʁe\
- [kɔ̃.sa.kʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to consacrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consacrer in French?
consacrer appears 12 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).