sanctuaire
French
Etymology
Old French saintuaire, from Late Latin and Latin sanctuarium (“sacred place, shrine”), from Latin sanctus (“holy, sacred”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃k.tɥɛʁ/
Audio (file) - Homophone: sanctuaires
- Hyphenation: sanc‧tuaire
Noun
sanctuaire m (plural sanctuaires)
- shrine (a place that is holy)
- sanctuary
Derived terms
- sanctuariser
Further reading
- “sanctuaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.