Sac in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Sac

You can make 2 words from 'sac' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'sac'
• 2 letters words from 'sac'

3 letters words from 'sac'

SAC 5

2 letters words from 'sac'

AS 2

Definitions and meaning of sac

sac

Translingual

Etymology

From the three first letters of one of the English names for the language, viz. Sac and Fox.

Proper noun

sac

1. the ISO 639-3 code for the Fox language

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæk/
• Rhymes: -æk
• Homophone: sack

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French sac. Doublet of sack.

Noun

sac (plural sacs)

1. A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.

Derived terms

• greater sac
• lesser sac
• saccate
• sacless
• vocal sac

Etymology 2

Clipping of sacrifice.

Verb

sac (third-person singular simple present sacs, present participle sacking or saccing, simple past and past participle sacked or sacced)

2. (transitive, informal, games) To sacrifice.

   Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.

   I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.

Noun

sac (plural sacs)

2. (transitive, informal, games) A sacrifice.

   Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.

Etymology 3

See sake, soc.

Noun

sac

1. (Britain, law, obsolete) The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.

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Anagrams

• A/Cs, ACS, ACs, ASC, CAS, CSA, Cas, Cas., SCA, a/cs, acs, cas, cas'

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• sacu

Etymology

From Latin saccus. Compare Romanian sac.

Noun

sac m (plural sats) or n (plural sacuri)

1. sack, bag

Derived terms

• nsac

Related terms

• sãculj

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *siāč.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑd͡ʒ], [sɑd͡z]

Noun

sac (definite accusative sacı, plural saclar)

1. an iron disk on which thin bread cakes are baked

Declension

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin saccus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsak/

Noun

sac m (plural sacs)

1. sack, bag
2. sackcloth, smock (rough garment of coarse cloth)
3. sack, pillage
4. (obsolete) rectum

Derived terms

• sac de cops
• sac de dormir
• sac de gemecs
• saca

Related terms

• saquejar

Further reading

• “sac” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sak/
• Rhymes: -ak

Etymology 1

From Old French sac, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), ultimately from Semitic.

Noun

sac m (plural sacs)

1. bag, sack
2. (dated slang) ten French francs

   Coordinate term: brique

Derived terms

Related terms

• saccule
• sacoche

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: sak
• → English: sac
• → Moroccan Arabic: صاك‎
• → Persian: ساک‎ (sâk)

Etymology 2

Old Norse saka (compare English ransack).

Noun

sac m (plural sacs)

1. plunder, loot

See also

• saccage
• saccager
• pillage
• mettre à sac

Further reading

• “sac” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ASC, cas

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin saccus.

Noun

sac m (plural sacs)

1. sack, bag

Related terms

• sachere
• sacut

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch sac, from late Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, borrowed from Latin saccus.

Noun

sac m

1. sack

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zak
  • Afrikaans: sak
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: saka
  • Negerhollands: sak, saku, sakko
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: sak
  • → Indonesian: sak, saku
• Limburgish: zak

Further reading

• “sac”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sac”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ساج‎ (sac, “sheet iron”), compare Turkish sac (“sheet metal, baking plate”).

Noun

sac ?

1. baking pan

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin saccus.

Noun

sac m (oblique plural sas, nominative singular sas, nominative plural sac)

1. bag; sack

Synonyms

• poque

Descendants

• French: sac
  • Haitian Creole: sak
  • → English: sac
  • → Moroccan Arabic: صاك‎
  • → Persian: ساک‎ (sâk)

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Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin saccum (“bag”), from Latin saccus (“bag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sac/

Noun

sac m (plural sëc)

1. bag

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), ultimately of Semitic origin.

Noun

sac m (plural saci)

1. sack, bag

Declension

Derived terms

• săcar
• sac de dormit
• săculeț

Related terms

• săcui

See also

• pungă

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Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʃaac-. Compare Afar saga.

Noun

sac m

1. cow

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ساج‎ (sac, “sheet iron”), from Proto-Turkic *siāč (“white copper, tin, pan”). Cognate with Chuvash шӑвӑҫ (šăvăś, “tin, tin-plate”), Karakhanid ساجْ‎ (sāč, “pan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌd͡ʒ/

Noun

sac (definite accusative sacı, plural saclar)

1. a tin metal baking plate
2. sheet metal
3. tin, tin plate

Declension

Source: wiktionary.org

• SABURRA, a granular deposit.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)