every second

English

Adjective

every second (not comparable)

1. Every other; each alternate.

   Take the medication every second day.

Synonyms

• every other

Translations

every other; each alternate

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每隔一 (měi gé yī), 每兩／每两 (měiliǎng), 每两 (měi liǎng)

• Danish: hver anden
• Finnish: joka toinen
• French: un sur deux m, une sur deux f
• Galician: cada dous m, cada dúas f
• German: jeder zweite
• Ido: omna duesma
• Irish: gach dara, gach re
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• Japanese: 一つおきの (ひとつおきの, hitotsu oki no)
• Macedonian: секој втор (sekoj vtor)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: annenhver m or f, annethvert n

  Nynorsk: annankvar

• Portuguese: cada dois; um sim, outro não
• Russian: ка́ждый второ́й (káždyj vtorój)
• Scottish Gaelic: gach dàrnacha
• Swedish: varannan (sv)

Adverb

every second (not comparable)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Once per second.
2. (figuratively) Very frequently; more frequently than is desired.

   Why do you keep bothering me every second?