adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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US:/ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/
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rhymes with -æŋkt
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adj
Meaning 1
Beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sacred
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Sacred, very holy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inviolable, inviolate
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sacrōsānctus.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
неприкосновен
(neprikosnoven)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Catalan:
sacrosant
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Chinese Cantonese:
不可侵犯嘅
(bat1 ho2 cam1 faan6 ge3)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Chinese Mandarin:
神聖不可侵犯 /神圣不可侵犯
(shénshèng bùkě qīnfàn)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Dutch:
onaantastbaar
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Dutch:
onschendbaar
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
French:
sacro-saint
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
French:
sacrosaint
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Georgian:
ხელშეუხებელი
(xelšeuxebeli)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Georgian:
წმინდა
(c̣minda)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
German:
sakrosankt
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
German:
unantastbar
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Greek:
απαραβίαστος
(aparavíastos)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Hungarian:
szent és sérthetetlen
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Irish:
dosháraithe
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Irish:
fíorchoisricthe
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Italian:
sacrosanto
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Japanese:
不可侵
(fukashin)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Japanese:
批判を許さない
(hihan o yurusanai)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Korean:
신성불가침의
(sinseongbulgachimui)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Korean:
불가침
(bulgachim)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Latin:
sacrōsanctus
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Portuguese:
sacrossanto
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Russian:
неприкоснове́нный
(neprikosnovénnyj)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Russian:
свяще́нный
(svjaščénnyj)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Spanish:
sacrosanto
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Swedish:
okränkbar
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Turkish:
kutsal
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Ukrainian:
священний
(svjaščennyj)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Ukrainian:
недоторканний
(nedotorkannyj)
— beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable
Bulgarian:
свещен
(svešten)
— sacred, very holy
Catalan:
sacrosant
— sacred, very holy
Chinese Mandarin:
神聖 /神圣
(shénshèng)
— sacred, very holy
Dutch:
sacrosant
— sacred, very holy
Dutch:
gewijd heilig
— sacred, very holy
Dutch:
allerheiligst
— sacred, very holy
French:
sacro-saint
— sacred, very holy
French:
sacrosaint
— sacred, very holy
Georgian:
წმინდა
(c̣minda)
— sacred, very holy
Georgian:
წმინდათაწმინდა
(c̣mindatac̣minda)
— sacred, very holy
German:
sakrosankt
— sacred, very holy
German:
heilig
— sacred, very holy
German:
hochheilig
— sacred, very holy
Ido:
sakrosanta
— sacred, very holy
Japanese:
神聖な
(shinsei na)
— sacred, very holy
Old Norse:
ginnheilagr
— sacred, very holy
Plautdietsch:
heilich
— sacred, very holy
Polish:
przenajświętszy
— sacred, very holy
Romanian:
sacrosanct
— sacred, very holy
Russian:
свяще́нный
(svjaščénnyj)
— sacred, very holy
