sec
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sec"
Translingual
Symbol
sec
- (trigonometry) Symbol of the trigonometric function secant.
- Coordinate terms: csc, cot, arcsec
- (nonstandard) Symbol of second, an SI unit of measurement of time.
Usage notes
The standard symbol for "second" is s.
English
Alternative forms
- sec.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛk
Noun
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!
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- (colloquial, politics) Clipping of secretary.
- shadow sec
Anagrams
- CES, CEs, CSE, ECS, ESC, Esc, SCE, ces, sce.
Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Latin siccus. Compare Romanian sec.
Alternative forms
- secu
Adjective
sec
- dry
- barren, deserted
Etymology 2
From Latin siccō. Compare Romanian seca, sec.
Alternative forms
- secu
Verb
sec (third-person singular present seacã, past participle sicatã)
- I dry, dry up.
- I exhaust, wither, drain, empty.
Related terms
- sicari / sicare
- sicat
- sicãturã
- seatsitã
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Old Catalan sech, from Latin siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈsək/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈsek/
- Homophones: cec, séc
Adjective
sec (feminine seca, masculine plural secs, feminine plural seques)
- dry (free from or lacking moisture)
- Synonym: eixut
- (of wine) dry (low in sugar)
- skinny
Related terms
- a peu sec
- a seques
- assecar
- cor sec
- de seques i de verdes
- dida seca
- en sec
- paret seca
- pedra seca
- pedregada seca
- seca
- secà
- secada
- secall
- secalló
- secallós
- secament
- secaner
- secor
- sequedat
- sequer
- sequera
- sequeral
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk/
Verb
sec
- first-person singular present indicative form of seure
Noun
sec m (plural secs)
- (2016 spelling reform) Alternative form of séc
References
- “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.
French
Etymology
From Old French sec, from Latin siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛk/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛk
Adjective
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.
Descendants
- Turkish: sek
Noun
sec m (plural secs)
- something that is dry
- 1883, La Bible, translated by Louis Segond, 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.
- 1883, La Bible, translated by Louis Segond, Genesis 1:9
Derived terms
- à sec
- aussi sec
- avoir le cœur sec
- cul sec
- fruit sec
- glace sèche
- nettoyage à sec
- panne sèche
- perte sèche
- raisin sec
- saucisson sec
- toux sèche
Related terms
- sécher
- siccité
- sèchement
- sécheresse
- séchoir
- sèche-cheveux
Further reading
- “sec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- ces
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- ssez (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sěťi (“to cut, chop”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛt͡s/
Verb
sec impf (perfective pósec)
- to mow (cut something down)
Conjugation
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
- 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
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan sec, from Latin siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Adjective
sec m (feminine singular seca, masculine plural secs, feminine plural secas)
- dry
Related terms
- secar
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, 2008-2016, page 591.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seːk/
Adjective
sēc (Anglian)
- Alternative form of sēoc
Declension
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
Etymology
From Latin siccus.
Adjective
sec m (oblique and nominative feminine singular seche)
- dry (lacking moisture)
Declension
Declension of sec
| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Subject | ses | seche | sec |
| Oblique | sec | |||
| Plural | Subject | sec | seches | |
| Oblique | ses |
Descendants
- French: sec
- Norman: sé
- Walloon: setch
References
- 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
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sek/
Adjective
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
Declension
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 | |||
Synonyms
- (dry): uscat
- (empty): gol, deșert
- (stupid): prost
- (skinny): slab
Related terms
- seca
- secetă
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) sitg, setg
- (Sursilvan) schetg
- (Sutsilvan) sétg
- (Puter, Vallader) sech
Etymology
From Latin siccus.
Adjective
sec m (feminine singular secca, masculine plural secs, feminine plural seccas)
- (Sursilvan) dry
Swedish
Adjective
sec
- dry (especially of white wine)
References
- sec in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sec in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)