Translingual edit

Symbol edit

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 notes edit

The standard symbol for "second" is s.

English edit

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Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

sec (plural sec or secs)

  1. (colloquial) Second, 160 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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin siccus. Compare Romanian sec.

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Adjective edit

sec

  1. dry
  2. barren, deserted

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin siccō. Compare Romanian seca, sec.

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Verb edit

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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

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Adjective edit

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 edit

Deverbal from segar (to harvest).

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Noun edit

sec m (plural secs)

  1. fold
  2. groove
  3. wrinkle

Etymology 3 edit

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sec

  1. first-person singular present indicative of seure

Further reading edit

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From French sec

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Adjective edit

sec (used only predicatively, not comparable)

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

Usage notes edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. dry
  2. dried, having had its moisture evaporated
    des abricots secsdried apricots
    du poisson secdried 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.

Descendants edit

  • Dutch: sec
  • Turkish: sek

Noun edit

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.

Adverb edit

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 edit

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Etymology edit

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

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sec impf (perfective pósec)

  1. to mow (cut something down)

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Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Adjective edit

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

  1. dry

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Old English edit

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sēc (Anglian)

  1. Alternative form of sēoc

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Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin siccus.

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sec m (oblique and nominative feminine singular seche)

  1. dry (lacking moisture)

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Romanian edit

Etymology edit

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

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Adjective edit

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

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Romansch edit

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Etymology edit

From Latin siccus.

Adjective edit

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

  1. (Sursilvan) dry

Swedish edit

Adjective edit

sec

  1. dry (especially of white wine)

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