# sucre
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish Sucre, from the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsuːkɹeɪ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

sucre (plural sucres)
* The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.

### Anagrams

* Cruse, Cures, crues, cruse, cuers, cures, curse, ecrus

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar”); see sugar for more details.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsu.kɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsu.kɾe]
* Audio (Catalonia):(file)

### Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)
* sugar

#### Derived terms

* canya de sucre
* ensucrar
* sucre de llustre
* sucre mascavat
* sucre roig
* sucrós

### Further reading

* “sucre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “sucre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “sucre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “sucre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

From Old French çucre, from Old Italian zucchero (or another vernacular of Italy), from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar”, originally “grit, gravel”); see sugar for more details.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sykʁ/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)
* sugar

#### Derived terms

* betterave à sucre
* canne à sucre
* casser du sucre sur le dos de
* cuillère à sucre
* pain de sucre
* pur sucre
* su-sucre
* sucrage
* sucrant
* sucrase
* sucrate
* sucré
* sucre blanc
* sucre bleu
* sucre de canne
* sucre de plomb
* sucre de pomme
* sucre de saturne
* sucre d’orge
* sucre en poudre
* sucre glace
* sucre roux
* sucre simple
* sucrer
* sucrerie
* sucrette
* sucrier
* sucrière
* sucrin
* susucre
* tout sucre
* tout sucre et miel
* tout sucre et tout miel
* tout sucre, tout miel

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: sik
* →⇒ Danish: sucrose
* →⇒ English: sucrose
* → Malecite-Passamaquoddy: sukol (or from English)
* → Mango: súkàr
* → Rade: sĭk

### References

* ↑ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sukkar”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 19: Orientalia, page 163

### Further reading

* “sucre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* crues, crûes, cures, curés, écrus, reçus, sucer

## Middle English
### Noun

sucre
* Alternative form of sugre

## Old French
### Noun

sucre oblique singular, m (nominative singular sucres)
* Alternative form of çucre

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sucre.

### Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)
* sucre

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsukɾe/ [ˈsu.kɾe]
* Rhymes: -ukɾe
* Syllabification: su‧cre

### Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)
* sucre (former currency of Ecuador)

### Further reading

* “sucre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10