sacrer
French, verb/sa.kʁe/
sacrer is a French verb meaning “to crown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conférer un caractère sacré par le moyen de certaines cérémonies religieuses”.
What does sacrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crown
- 2
to post (nominate to a certain post or position)
- 3
whack; slam (put violently)
sacrer un coup de poing sur la table
- 4
to swear, curse; to run one's mouth
- 5
to throw, to fling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Conférer un caractère sacré par le moyen de certaines cérémonies religieuses. 2. Nommer à un poste important. 3. Déclarer solennellement. 4. Donner violemment.
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 sacrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- sacrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- sacré participle past
- sacre first-person indicative present
- sacres indicative present second-person
- sacrons first-person indicative plural
- sacrez indicative plural present
- sacrent indicative plural present
- sacrais first-person imperfect indicative
- sacrait imperfect indicative singular
- sacrions first-person imperfect indicative
- sacriez imperfect indicative plural
- sacraient imperfect indicative plural
- sacrai first-person historic indicative
- sacras historic indicative past
- sacra historic indicative past
- sacrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sacrer?
- /sa.kʁe/
- \sa.kʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sacrer in French?
sacrer appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).