French word

sucrer

Pronunciation

IPA/sykʁe/

Meaning

  • verbsweeten

Example

Tu veux sucrer ton café ?

Do you want to sweeten your coffee?

Illustration for sucrer (sweeten)

More examples

Je préfère ne pas sucrer mon yaourt.

I prefer not to sweeten my yogurt.

Core concept

A spoonful of sugar stirred into coffee or added to food, making the taste sweeter.

Common phrases

  • sucrer le café

    sweeten the coffee

  • sucrer un yaourt

    sweeten a yogurt

  • sucrer une boisson

    sweeten a drink

Similar words

ajouter: Adding an extra thing to something else.
mettre: Placing something in a particular place or container.
saupoudrer: Scattering powder over something from above.

Definition in French

Ajouter du sucre à un aliment ou à une boisson pour le rendre plus sucré.

Word origin

Sucrer is formed from the noun sucre with the productive verb ending -er; sucre ultimately comes from Latin saccharum.

Usage tips

  • Sucrer takes the sweetened food or drink as a direct object, as in sucrer son café without a preposition.

Other meanings

  • sugarverb

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