sanctuaire
French, noun/sɑ̃(k).tɥɛʁ/
sanctuaire is spelled S-A-N-C-T-U-A-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,090th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sanctuaire is a French masculine noun meaning “shrine (a place that is holy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu le plus saint d’un temple ; partie interdite aux profanes dans les temples consacrés aux divinités du…”.
What does sanctuaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshrine (a place that is holy)
- 2
masculinesanctuary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu le plus saint d’un temple ; partie interdite aux profanes dans les temples consacrés aux divinités du paganisme. 2. Partie de l’église où est le maitre-autel et qui est ordinairement entourée d’un chancel. 3. Édifice ou lieu consacré aux cérémonies d’un culte. 4. Lieu où la puissance temporelle de l'État ne s'exerçait pas.
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 sanctuaire
- sanctuaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sanctuaire?
- /sɑ̃(k).tɥɛʁ/
- \sɑ̃k.tɥɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sanctuaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sanctuaire in French?
sanctuaire appears 7.8 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).