Translingual

Symbol

sec

1. (trigonometry) symbol of the trigonometric function secant.
2. (nonstandard) symbol of second, an SI unit of measurement of time. s.

English

Noun

sec ‎(plural secs)

1. (colloquial) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
2. (colloquial) Abbreviation of second. (A short indeterminate period of time.)

   Wait a sec!

Alternative forms

• sec.

Anagrams

• CES
• CSE
• Esc, ESC
• sce.

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin siccus. Compare Daco-Romanian sec.

Alternative forms

• secu

Adjective

sec

1. dry
2. barren, deserted

Etymology 2

From Latin siccō. Compare Daco-Romanian seca, sec.

Alternative forms

• secu

Verb

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

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

Related terms

• sicari/sicare
• sicat
• sicãturã
• seatsitã

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin siccus ‎(“dry”).

Adjective

sec m ‎(feminine seca, masculine plural secs, feminine plural seques)

1. dry
2. skinny

Synonyms

• eixut

Related terms

• assecar v
• cor sec m
• dida seca f
• paret seca f
• pedra seca f
• pedregada seca f
• a peu sec adv
• en sec adv
• a seques adv
• de seques i de verdes adj
• seca f
• secà adj
• secada f
• secall m
• secalló adj, m
• secallós adj
• secament adv
• secaner adj
• secor f
• sequedat f
• sequer m
• sequera f
• sequeral m
• ulls secs m pl
• vi sec m

References

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.

Verb

sec

1. first-person singular present indicative form of seure

French

Etymology

From Latin siccus ‎(“dry”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Adjective

sec m ‎(feminine singular 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
   • 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.

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.

Noun

sec m ‎(plural secs)

1. 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.

Related terms

Anagrams

• ces

Lojban

Rafsi

sec

1. rafsi of senci.

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• ssez (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěťi ‎(“to cut, chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‎(“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛt͡s/

Verb

sec impf ‎(perfective pósec)

1. to mow (cut something down)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology

From Latin siccus

Adjective

sec m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular seiche)

1. dry (lacking moisture)

Descendants

• French: sec

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin siccus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sek/

Adjective

sec m, n ‎(plural seci, feminine singular seacă)

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

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)

1. (Sursilvan) dry