sacrer

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.kʁe/
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Verb

sacrer

  1. (transitive) to crown
  2. (transitive) to post (nominate to a certain post or position)
  3. (transitive, North America) whack; slam (put violently)
    sacrer un coup de poing sur la table
    to slam one's fist on the table.
  4. (intransitive, North America) to swear, curse; to run one's mouth
  5. (intransitive, Louisiana) to throw, to fling

Conjugation

Conjugation of sacrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple sacrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sacrant
/sa.kʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle sacré
/sa.kʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sacre
/sakʁ/ 		sacres
/sakʁ/ 		sacre
/sakʁ/ 		sacrons
/sa.kʁɔ̃/ 		sacrez
/sa.kʁe/ 		sacrent
/sakʁ/
imperfect sacrais
/sa.kʁɛ/ 		sacrais
/sa.kʁɛ/ 		sacrait
/sa.kʁɛ/ 		sacrions
/sa.kʁi.jɔ̃/ 		sacriez
/sa.kʁi.je/ 		sacraient
/sa.kʁɛ/
past historic2 sacrai
/sa.kʁe/ 		sacras
/sa.kʁa/ 		sacra
/sa.kʁa/ 		sacrâmes
/sa.kʁam/ 		sacrâtes
/sa.kʁat/ 		sacrèrent
/sa.kʁɛʁ/
future sacrerai
/sa.kʁə.ʁe/ 		sacreras
/sa.kʁə.ʁa/ 		sacrera
/sa.kʁə.ʁa/ 		sacrerons
/sa.kʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		sacrerez
/sa.kʁə.ʁe/ 		sacreront
/sa.kʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional sacrerais
/sa.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		sacrerais
/sa.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		sacrerait
/sa.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		sacrerions
/sa.kʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		sacreriez
/sa.kʁə.ʁje/ 		sacreraient
/sa.kʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sacre
/sakʁ/ 		sacres
/sakʁ/ 		sacre
/sakʁ/ 		sacrions
/sa.kʁi.jɔ̃/ 		sacriez
/sa.kʁi.je/ 		sacrent
/sakʁ/
imperfect2 sacrasse
/sa.kʁas/ 		sacrasses
/sa.kʁas/ 		sacrât
/sa.kʁa/ 		sacrassions
/sa.kʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		sacrassiez
/sa.kʁa.sje/ 		sacrassent
/sa.kʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sacre
/sakʁ/ 		— sacrons
/sa.kʁɔ̃/ 		sacrez
/sa.kʁe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Verb

sacrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of sacrō
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