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sec

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sec"

Translingual

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Symbol

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sec

  1. (trigonometry) Symbol of the trigonometric function secant.
    Coordinate terms: csc, cot, arcsec
  2. (nonstandard) Symbol of second, an SI unit of measurement of time.

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The standard symbol for "second" is s.

English

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Noun

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sec (plural sec or secs)

  1. (colloquial) Second, 1⁄60 of a minute. [from 1881]
  2. (colloquial) Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”).
    Wait a sec!
    • 1881 August 27, “In Church”, in Supplement to the Manchester Weekly Times, Manchester, England, page 8:
      And the sloping of the shoulder / From the slender shapely neck / Makes you long to come behind her and to hold her / Just a sec.
  3. (colloquial, politics) Clipping of secretary.
    shadow sec

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Aromanian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin siccus. Compare Romanian sec.

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Adjective

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sec

  1. dry
  2. barren, deserted

Etymology 2

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From Latin siccō. Compare Romanian seca, sec.

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Verb

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sec first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative seacã, past participle sicatã)

  1. to dry, dry up
  2. to exhaust, wither, drain, empty
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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Catalan sech, from Latin siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

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sec (feminine seca, masculine plural secs, feminine plural seques)

  1. dry (free from or lacking moisture)
    Synonym: eixut
  2. (of wine) dry (low in sugar)
  3. skinny
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Etymology 2

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Deverbal from segar (“to harvest”).

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Noun

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sec m (plural secs)

  1. fold
  2. groove
  3. wrinkle

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Verb

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sec

  1. first-person singular present indicative of seure

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From French sec

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sec (used only predicatively, not comparable)

  1. (of wine) dry
  2. (figuratively) simple, plain, matter-of-fact, without adornment

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  • The figurative sense is often used adverbially:
    Hij presenteerde de zaak sec en zonder emotie. ― He presented the case matter-of-factly and without emotion.

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French sec, from Latin siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

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sec (feminine sèche, masculine plural secs, feminine plural sèches)

  1. dry
  2. dried, having had its moisture evaporated
    des abricots secs ― dried apricots
    du poisson sec ― dried fish
  3. lean, thin, skinny
  4. (of alcohol) dry, unsweetened, not sweet, bitter
  5. (of a person) curt
    Désolé si j’ai été un peu sec.
    Sorry if I was a bit curt.

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  • → Dutch: sec
  • → Turkish: sek

Noun

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sec m (plural secs)

  1. something that is dry
    • 1883, Louis Segond, transl., La Bible, Genesis 1:9:
      Que les eaux qui sont au-dessous du ciel se rassemblent en un seul lieu, et que le sec paraisse.
      Let the waters below the heavens gather in one place, and let the dry stuff (i.e. the land) come forth.

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sec

  1. sharply, abruptly, quickly, swiftly, briskly
    Les bouches buvaient sec et parlaient beaucoup.
    The mouths were eating quickly and talking a lot

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *sěťi (“to cut, chop”).

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sec impf (perfective pósec)

  1. to mow (cut something down)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sec (imperfective)
Present Singular Dual Plural
1st person seku
secom 		secomej secomy
2nd person secoš secotej secośo
3rd person seco secotej seku
Preterite Singular Dual Plural
1st person secech secechmej secechmy
2nd person secešo seceštej secešćo
3rd person secešo seceštej secechu
Imperative Singular Dual Plural
2nd person sec sectej secćo
Participles
Infinitive
sec
Supine
sect
Verbal noun
secenje

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Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “sec”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “sec”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan sec, from Latin siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

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sec m (feminine singular seca, masculine plural secs, feminine plural secas)

  1. dry
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Old English

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sēc (Anglian)

  1. Alternative form of sēoc

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Declension of sēc — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēc sēc sēc
Accusative sēcne sēce sēc
Genitive sēces sēcre sēces
Dative sēcum sēcre sēcum
Instrumental sēce sēcre sēce
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēce sēca, sēce sēc
Accusative sēce sēca, sēce sēc
Genitive sēcra sēcra sēcra
Dative sēcum sēcum sēcum
Instrumental sēcum sēcum sēcum
Declension of sēc — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēca sēce sēce
Accusative sēcan sēcan sēce
Genitive sēcan sēcan sēcan
Dative sēcan sēcan sēcan
Instrumental sēcan sēcan sēcan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēcan sēcan sēcan
Accusative sēcan sēcan sēcan
Genitive sēcra, sēcena sēcra, sēcena sēcra, sēcena
Dative sēcum sēcum sēcum
Instrumental sēcum sēcum sēcum

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin siccus.

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sec m (oblique and nominative feminine singular seche)

  1. dry (lacking moisture)

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Declension of sec
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject ses seche sec
Oblique sec seche sec
Plural Subject sec seches sec
Oblique ses seches sec

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

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sec m or n (feminine singular seacă, plural seci)

  1. dry
  2. barren, empty, deserted; also dried up
  3. (figuratively) missing or deficient in something, lacking; also useless
  4. (figuratively) dull, stupid, empty-headed
  5. (regional, Transylvania) skinny

Declension

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Declension of sec
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite sec seacă seci seci
definite secul seaca secii secile
genitive/
dative 		indefinite sec seci seci seci
definite secului secii secilor secilor

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Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin siccus.

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sec m (feminine singular secca, masculine plural secs, feminine plural seccas)

  1. (Sursilvan) dry

Swedish

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Adjective

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sec

  1. dry (especially of white wine)

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