Quebec French Profanity - List of Common sacres

List of Common sacres

These sacres are commonly given in a phonetic spelling to indicate the differences in pronunciation from the original word, several of which, notably the deletion of final consonants and change of to before /r/ are typical of highly informal Quebec French.

  • baptême - "baptism"
  • câlice (calice) - "chalice"
  • calvaire - "Calvary"
  • ciarge (cierge) - "votive or Paschal candle"
  • ciboire - "ciborium" or "pyx", receptacles in which the host is stored
  • crisse (Christ) - "Christ"
  • maudit - "damn"
  • ostie (hostie) - "host"
  • sacrament (sacrement) - "Sacrament"
  • simonaque (simonaque) - from the sin of simony
  • tabarnak (tabernacle) - "tabernacle"
  • viarge (vierge) - "the Virgin Mary"

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