sacrer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sacrāre, present active infinitive of sacrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.kʁe/
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Verb
sacrer
- (transitive) to crown
- (transitive) to post (nominate to a certain post or position)
- (transitive, Quebec, Louisiana) whack; slam (put violently)
- sacrer un coup de poing sur la table
- to slam one's fist on the table.
- (intransitive, Quebec, Louisiana) to swear, curse; to run one's mouth
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- sacré
- sacrer comme un bûcheron
Related terms
- sacrement
- serment
Further reading
- “sacrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- carres, carrés, racers
Latin
Verb
sacrer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of sacrō