seconde
See also: secondé
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Etymology edit
From French.
Noun edit
seconde (plural secondes)
- (fencing) The second defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, with the hand held in a prone position and the tip of the sword below the level of the guard.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French seconde, from Latin secunda.
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Noun edit
seconde f (plural seconden or secondes, diminutive secondje n or secondetje n)
- second (a unit of time)
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seconde
Etymology 2 edit
The first sense is a borrowing from Latin (minuta) secunda.
Noun edit
seconde f (plural secondes)
- second (for indicating time)
- 2018, Zaz (lyrics and music), “J'aime, j'aime”:
- Quelqu’un quelque part au bout du monde qui pense à la même seconde à la même chose que moi
- Someone somewhere at the end of the world who thinks at the same second of the same thing as me
- (music) second (interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale)
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Further reading edit
- “seconde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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seconde f pl
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old French second.
Adjective edit
seconde
- Alternative form of secunde (“after the first”)
Noun edit
seconde
- Alternative form of secunde (“after the first”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French seconde.
Noun edit
seconde
- Alternative form of secunde (“sixtieth part of a minute”)