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sacré

French → English

adj//sa.kʁe//

(religious) Sacred: dedicated to a religious purpose or highly venerated; holy

Les védas sont les livres sacrés de l’Inde.

(English) The Vedas are the sacred books of India.

Elle poursuivit ce sujet saint et sacré de l’éducation.

(English) She pursued this holy and sacred subject of education.

adj//sa.kʁe//

(informal) Heck of a: used as an intensive to emphasize a noun (often ironic); quite a

C’est un sacré filou qui nous a encore trompés !

(English) He's a heck of a rogue who tricked us again!

Sacré Gérard ! Il nous étonnera toujours.

(English) Quite a guy, that Gérard! He will always surprise us.

Entry ID: fr:en:sacré · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary