Wiktionary

sec

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sec"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

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.

Usage notesEdit

The standard symbol for "second" is s.

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /sɛk/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

NounEdit

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”).
    • 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!
  3. (colloquial, politics) Clipping of secretary.
    shadow sec

AnagramsEdit

AromanianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin siccus. Compare Romanian sec.

Alternative formsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

sec

  1. dry
  2. barren, deserted

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin siccō. Compare Romanian seca, sec.

Alternative formsEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. I dry, dry up.
  2. I exhaust, wither, drain, empty.
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CatalanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

sec

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of seure

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

sec m (plural secs)

  1. (2016 spelling reform) Alternative form of séc

ReferencesEdit

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)

  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) bitter, not sweet
  5. (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)

  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.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

AdverbEdit

sec

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Les bouches buvaient sec et parlaient beaucoup.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

Lower SorbianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

sec impf (perfective pósec)

  1. to mow (cut something down)

ConjugationEdit

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

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)

  1. dry

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Further readingEdit

Old EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

sēc (Anglian)

  1. Alternative form of sēoc

DeclensionEdit

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 FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin siccus.

AdjectiveEdit

sec m (oblique and nominative feminine singular seche)

  1. dry (lacking moisture)

DeclensionEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

DeclensionEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

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RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin siccus.

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. (Sursilvan) dry

SwedishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

sec

  1. dry (especially of white wine)

ReferencesEdit

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