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