secondant
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French secondant. Equivalent to seconderen + -ant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌseː.kɔnˈdɑnt/, /sə.kɔnˈdɑnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: se‧con‧dant
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Noun
secondant m (plural secondanten, diminutive secondantje n)
- (formal) A second, a prominent aide or assistant, chiefly one who is left in charge when a superior is absent.
- A second (attendant of a duel or boxing match standing in for a contestant).
- (historical) A second teacher, one substituting a headteacher when necessary (chiefly used for former times when schools frequently had only one or a few teachers).
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.ɡɔ̃.dɑ̃/
Noun
secondant m (plural secondants)
- second (attendant of a duel or boxing match standing in for a contestant)
- 1798, a letter written in London on the 21 of May, published in Матеріалы, book 3 (1890), page 286:
- Sur quoi m-r Tierney ne dit mot, mais il envoya le lendemain un cartel à m-r Pitt, qui l'accepta et se rendit avant-hier à l'endroit indiqué, de même que m-r Tierney de son côté, chacun accompagné de son secondant.
- 1820, Parémiographie français-allemand, page 112:
- Jadis, lorsqu'il s'élevait une contestation dans une assemblée quelconque, et que les parties disputantes ne pouvaient tomber d'accord, il s'ensuivait un combat dans lequel chacun avait son secondant.
- 1904, Max Rooses and Ch. Ruelens, Correspondance de Rubens et documents épistolaires concernant sa vie et ses œuvres (Rubens' correspondence and letters concerning his life and his works), Volume 4, page 261:
- Au mois de janvier 1627, il se battit en duel contre le sieur de la Frete. Dans cette rencontre, son secondant fut tué par celui de son adversaire.
- In January 1627, he fought a duel with Sir de la Frete. In that encounter, his second was killed by that of his adversary.
- 1798, a letter written in London on the 21 of May, published in Матеріалы, book 3 (1890), page 286:
- (sports) assistant, coach, trainer
Participle
secondant
- present participle of seconder
Further reading
- “secondant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- décantons
Romanian
Noun
secondant m (plural secondanți)
- Alternative form of secundant
Declension
Declension of secondant
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) secondant | secondantul | (niște) secondanți | secondanții |
genitive/dative | (unui) secondant | secondantului | (unor) secondanți | secondanților |
vocative | secondantule | secondanților |