second-hand
See also: second hand and secondhand
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective edit
second-hand (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of secondhand
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Gossipping”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 93:
- Her youth had passed in intrigues and vanities, and she still lived among them at second-hand: she now talked what she formerly did.
References edit
- “second-hand”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English second-hand.
Adjective edit
second-hand m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension edit
Declension of second-hand (invariable)
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | second-hand | second-hand | second-hand | second-hand | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | second-hand | second-hand | second-hand | second-hand | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
Noun edit
second-hand n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of second-hand (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) second-hand | second-handul |
genitive/dative | (unui) second-hand | second-handului |
vocative | second-handule |