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Translingual

Etymology 1

Clipping of English secant.

Symbol

sec

  1. (trigonometry) Symbol of the trigonometric function secant.
    Coordinate terms: csc, cot, arcsec

Etymology 2

Clipping of English second.

Symbol

sec

  2. (nonstandard) second, the SI base unit for measurement of time.
    Synonym: s (official SI symbol)

Etymology 3

Clipping of English Sechelt.

Symbol

sec

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sechelt.
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English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

sec (plural sec or secs)

  2. (informal) Second, 1⁄60 of a minute. [from 1881]
  3. (colloquial) Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”).
    Synonyms: jiffy, mo, tic; see also Thesaurus:moment
    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.
  4. (colloquial, especially politics) Clipping of secretary
    shadow sec

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Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin siccus. Compare Romanian sec.

Alternative forms

Adjective

sec

  1. dry
  2. barren, deserted

Etymology 2

From Latin siccō. Compare Romanian seca, sec.

Alternative forms

Verb

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

Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Etymology 2

Deverbal from segar (“to harvest”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

sec m (plural secs)

  1. fold
  2. groove
  3. wrinkle

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

sec

  1. first-person singular present indicative of seure

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Dutch

Etymology

From French sec.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sec (used only predicatively, not comparable)

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

Usage notes

  • 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛk/, /sɛkʲ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Adjective

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.

Descendants

  • → Dutch: sec
  • → Turkish: sek

Noun

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

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛt͡s/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt͡s
  • Syllabification: sec

Verb

sec impf (perfective pósec)

  1. to mow (cut something down)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sec (imperfective)
More information Present, Singular ...
Participles
  • Present: sececy
  • Past active (“ł-form”): sekł
  • Past passive: secony
Infinitive
sec
Supine
sect
Verbal noun
secenje

Derived terms

  • pódsec
  • pśesec
  • rozsec
  • secenje
  • seceński
  • seck
  • secnica
  • secomłośenica
  • secosekawa
  • secowězak
  • wótsec
  • wusec
  • zasec

Further reading

  • 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
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Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. dry

Further reading

  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 898.
  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 591.
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Old English

Pronunciation

Adjective

sēc (Anglian)

  1. alternative form of sēoc

Declension

Declension of sēc — Strong
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Declension of sēc — Weak
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Old French

Etymology

From Latin siccus.

Adjective

sec m (oblique and nominative feminine singular seche)

  1. dry (lacking moisture)

Declension

More information Case, masculine ...

Descendants

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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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Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin siccus.

Adjective

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

  1. (Sursilvan) dry

Swedish

Adjective

sec

  1. dry (especially of white wine)

References

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