sec
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
sec
- (trigonometry) Symbol of the trigonometric function secant.
- (nonstandard) Symbol of second, an SI unit of measurement of time.
Usage notesEdit
The standard symbol for "second" is s.
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sec (plural sec or secs)
- (colloquial) Second, 1⁄60 of a minute. [from 1881]
- (colloquial) Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”).
- 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.
- Wait a sec!
- (colloquial, politics) Clipping of secretary.
- shadow sec
AnagramsEdit
AromanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin siccus. Compare Romanian sec.
Alternative formsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sec
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin siccō. Compare Romanian seca, sec.
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
sec (third-person singular present seacã, past participle sicatã)
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CatalanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Old Catalan sech, from Latin siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈsək/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈsek/
- Homophones: cec, séc
AdjectiveEdit
sec (feminine seca, masculine plural secs, feminine plural seques)
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Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
sec
- first-person singular present indicative form of seure
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
sec m (plural secs)
- (2016 spelling reform) Alternative form of séc
ReferencesEdit
- “sec” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sec”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “sec” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old French sec, from Latin siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sec (feminine sèche, masculine plural secs, feminine plural sèches)
- dry
- dried, having had its moisture evaporated
- des abricots secs ― dried apricots
- du poisson sec ― dried fish
- lean, thin, skinny
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter I:
- [I]l était de complexion robuste, maigre de corps, sec de visage, fort matineux et grand ami de la chasse.
- [H]e was of a robust complexion, thin in the body, lean in the face, a very early riser and a friend of the hunt.
- (of alcohol) bitter, not sweet
- (of a person) harsh
- Désolé si j'ai été un peu sec.
- Sorry if I was a bit harsh.
DescendantsEdit
- Turkish: sek
NounEdit
sec m (plural secs)
- 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.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
AdverbEdit
sec
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.- Les bouches buvaient sec et parlaient beaucoup.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “sec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
Lower SorbianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ssez (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *sěťi (“to cut, chop”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
sec impf (perfective pósec)
- to mow (cut something down)
ConjugationEdit
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
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- 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
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan sec, from Latin siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Béarn) (file)
AdjectiveEdit
sec m (feminine singular seca, masculine plural secs, feminine plural secas)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 898.
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 591.
Old EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sēc (Anglian)
- Alternative form of sēoc
DeclensionEdit
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 |
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sec m (oblique and nominative feminine singular seche)
- dry (lacking moisture)
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (sec, supplement)
- sec on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sec m or n (feminine singular seacă, plural seci)
- dry
- barren, empty, deserted; also dried up
- (figuratively) missing or deficient in something, lacking; also useless
- (figuratively) dull, stupid, empty-headed
- (regional, Transylvania) skinny
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RomanschEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- sitg, setg (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran)
- schetg (Sursilvan)
- sétg (Sutsilvan)
- sech (Puter, Vallader)
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sec m (feminine singular secca, masculine plural secs, feminine plural seccas)
SwedishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sec
- dry (especially of white wine)