sec

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.3 Anagrams 3 Catalan 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Related terms 3.3 References 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Adjective 4.4 Noun 4.5 See also 4.6 Anagrams 5 Romanian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Adjective 5.2.1 Declension

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

sec

1. a symbol of the trigonometric function secant

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Abbreviation of second#Noun.

[edit] Noun

sec (plural secs)

1. second (1/60th of a minute)
2. second (short period of time)

   Wait a sec!

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: CES
• CSE
• Esc, ESC
• sce.

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin siccus, dry.

[edit] Adjective

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

1. dry
2. skinny

[edit] Synonyms

• eixut

[edit] 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. Polish
• vi sec m.

[edit] References

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

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin siccus, dry.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sɛk/, SAMPA: /sEk/

[edit] Adjective

sec m. (f. sèche, m. plural secs, f. plural sèches)

1. dry

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

• à sec
• cul sec
• sèchement
• sécher
• sécheresse
• séchoir
• sèche-cheveux

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ces

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin siccus

[edit] Adjective

sec ^{3 nom/acc forms}

1. dry

[edit] Declension

singular		plural
masculine & neuter	feminine	masculine	feminine & neuter
sec	seacă	seci	seci