Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: SACRA |
SACRAPlural1. Of Sacrum |
Date "SACRA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Greed | Selfishness; auri sacra fames. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SACRA |
| Specialty definitions using "SACRA": Auri ♦ Divine Plant ♦ Herba Sacra ♦ Sacred Weed, Shaking Hands. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "SACRA": sacrum. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "SACRA" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (accursed, consecrate, consecrated, dedicate, make sacred, religious rites, sacred, sacred vessel, sacrifice). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Arte Sacra (1960) Sacra Corona (2001) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title | ||
Books | |||
Periodicals |
| ||
Music |
| ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "SACRA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 56.25% of the time. "SACRA" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 56.25% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 43.75% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "SACRA": auri sacra fames. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
musica sacra | 40 |
sacra | 13 |
via sacra | 8 |
arte sacra | 7 |
bibliotheca sacra | 6 |
biblia sacra | 4 |
música sacra | 3 |
club hotel isola sacra | 3 |
conversazione sacra | 2 |
arte de museu sacra | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SACRA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 骶骨 (sacrum). (various references) | |
Korean | 천골 (sacrum). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acrasay.(various references) | |
Russian | креÑтец (rump, sacrum). (various references) | |
Spanish | Pl. De Sacrum. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | os sacrum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SACRA": sacral, sacrals, sacrament, sacramental, sacramentalism, sacramentalisms, sacramentalist, sacramentalists, sacramentally, sacramentals, sacraments, sacraria, sacrarium. (additional references) | |
Words containing "SACRA": craniosacral, desacralization, desacralizations, desacralize, desacralized, desacralizes, desacralizing, lumbosacral. (additional references) | |
| |
"SACRA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Asakra, ascar, Askja, dacra, macra, sabra, sabras, saca, Sacab, sacan, sacard, sacau, sacfry, sacha, sacor, sacr, sacrab, Sacrac, Sacrati, Sacree, sacrer, sacri, sacris, sacro, safro, Sagra, Sahra, Saka, Sakarov, Sakau, Sakwa, Sakya, sara, sarai, sarao, sarau, Sarba, sarc, sarca, sarcan, Sarcar, sarce, sarcy, sarda, Sarrag, sasr, Sasra, sastri, Saurat, Scabra, scara, scaram, scarea, scarpa, scata, Scatra, scra, scraz, secca, secr, Secre, setcrea, shakra, sica, Sicca, Sicga, sicras, sicre, Sidra, snaca, suca, sucro, swara, Zahra, Zecar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SACRA" (pronounced sa"kru) |
| 3 | -k r u | okra. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-r-s" | |
-1 letter: arcs, cars, casa, scar. | |
-2 letters: aas, arc, ars, car, ras, sac. | |
-3 letters: aa, ar, as. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-r-s" | |
+1 letter: acarus, arecas, caesar, carats, charas, craals, fracas, lascar, rascal, sacral, scalar, scarab. | |
+2 letters: acarids, acrasia, acrasin, agarics, amtracs, anarchs, arcades, arnicas, arracks, ascarid, ascaris, caesars, caesura, calcars, cameras, canards, caracks, carafes, carates, carcase, carcass, cardias, carinas, caritas, carpals, carwash, cascara, caviars, chadars, chakras, charkas, cravats, curaras, czardas, lascars, maracas, marasca, mascara, ostraca, picaras, ransack, rascals, sacrals, sarcasm, sarcoma, scalare, scalars, scarabs, tarmacs. | |
+3 letters: abreacts, abstract, acarines, acarpous, accruals, acerolas, acrasias, acrasins, acreages, acrobats, airscape, airspace, alcazars, amtracks, anasarca, apocarps, arabicas, araceous, arcadias, arcanums, archaise, archaism, archaist, archways, ascarids, ascocarp, attracts, avarices, baccaras, barbasco, barchans, barracks, bearcats, berascal, brassica, cabarets, cabresta, cadaster, cadastre, cadavers, caesurae, caesural, caesuras, calamars, calcspar, calderas, caltraps, camorras, canaries, cantraps, canvaser, caporals, capsular, carabaos, carabids, carabins, caracals, caracols, caraculs, caramels, carassow, caravans, caravels, caraways, carbarns, carboras, carcases, cardcase, cardiacs, carfares, cariocas, carloads, carnages, carousal, carracks, cartages, cascaras, castrate, castrati, castrato, catarrhs, caterans, caviares, ceramals, cesarean, cesarian, charades, charases, charisma, charkhas, charpais, citharas, clarkias, claustra, cragsman, crawdads, crayolas, curacaos, curacoas, czarinas, drachmas, earaches, flatcars, fracases, fractals, gearcase, haircaps, handcars, hardcase, hatracks, hayracks, jacamars, labrusca, lacunars, macrames, marascas, marasmic, marchesa, mascaras, massacre, ocarinas, pancreas, papricas, placards, raceways, radicals, railcars, ransacks, rascally, saccular, sacraria, sandarac, sarcasms, sarcomas, scabbard, scalares, scapular, seacraft, shadrach, teacarts, tracheas, tramcars, transact, vascular. | |
+4 letters: abrachias, abstracts, acariases, acariasis, acaridans, accessary, acerbates, achromats, acidurias, acierates, acrosomal, acrylates, actuaries, actuators, advancers, aerospace, airscapes, airspaces, albacores, anacruses, anacrusis, anarchies, anarchism, anarchist, anasarcas, ancestral, anthraces, arachnids, arcadians, arcadings, arcatures, archaeans, archaised, archaises, archaisms, archaists, archaizes, archosaur, armagnacs, armchairs, armonicas, aromatics, arsenical, artefacts, artifacts, ascarides, ascertain, ascocarps, ascorbate, assurance, ataraxics, attachers, attackers, auriculas, autocrats, avascular, baccarats, backwards, backwraps, backyards, bacterias, balancers, bankcards, barbascos, barbicans, barnacles, barrancas, barrancos, berascals, brachials, braciolas, braincase, brainiacs, brassicas, broadcast, cabrestas, cabrettas, cabrillas, cadasters, cadastral, cadastres, caesarean, caesarian, calamaris, calcspars, calendars, calvarias, calvaries, calyptras, canallers, canewares, cantharis, cantraips, canvasers, canvasser, caparison, capmakers, capybaras, carabines, caracaras, caracoles, caraganas, carageens, carangids, carapaces, carapaxes, carassows, carbamyls, carbaryls, carcajous, carcanets, carcasses, cardamoms, cardamons, cardamums, cardcases, cardigans, cardinals, cardsharp, caretakes, caritases, carmakers, carnaubas, carnivals, caroaches, carousals, carriages, carryalls, cartloads, carwashes, caryatids, cassowary, castrated, castrates, castrator, castratos, casuarina, cataracts, catharses, catharsis, cathedras, catnapers, cavaleros, cavaliers, cavalries, caveators, cercarias, cesareans, cesarians, chairmans, chambrays, characids, characins, charcoals, chimaeras, cinnabars, claptraps, claustral, claywares, coalyards, coappears, coastward, coatracks, crabgrass, crabmeats, cracksman, craftsman, craniates, crankcase, crawlways, crustacea, czardases, czarevnas, czaritzas, decagrams, dracaenas, dramatics, drawbacks, dyscrasia, escalader, escalator, flancards, flashcard, furcraeas, gearcases, graybacks, guacharos, handcarts, hardbacks, hardhacks, hardtacks, haversack, headraces, huaraches, huarachos, jackaroos, jackstraw, jacquards, lacerates, lacrimals, macaronis, macaroons, macerates, macrurans, marcasite, mariachis, marocains, marshalcy, mascaraed, massacred, massacrer, massacres, packagers, parachors, paranoics, parasitic, parlances, pharisaic, placaters, racemates, racialism, racialist, radiances, radicands, radicates, raincoats, ransacked, ransacker, rapacious, rascality, reactants, reattacks, rockaways, saccharin, sacrament, sacrarium, sacristan, sanctuary, sandaracs, sarcastic, sarcomata, satirical, scabbards, scalogram, scapulars, scarabaei, scarehead, scrapheap, scrappage, seacrafts, sectarian, shadrachs, simulacra, smearcase, spaceward, staircase, sugarcane, sugarcoat, tailraces, tamaracks, theriacas, trachomas, trackages, trackways, tractates, transacts, vambraces, varactors, variances, vicarages, vicarates, warcrafts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 41 43 52 41 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- -.-. .-. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000001 01000011 01010010 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S A C R A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0041 0043 0052 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5335375235 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
