secondo

See also: secóndo, secondò, and Secondo

English

Etymology

From Italian secondo.

Noun

secondo (plural secondos or secondi)

1. (music) The second part in a concerted piece.

See also

• primo

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “secondo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• oscnode, scooned

Italian

Italian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: due     Ordinal: secondo     Ordinal abbreviation: 2º     Adverbial: due volte     Multiplier: doppio, duplice     Distributive: doppiamente     Collective: entrambi, tutti e due     Fractional: mezzo
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈkon.do/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ondo
• Hyphenation: se‧cón‧do

Etymology 1

From Latin secundus (“he who follows, second”), from sequor (“to follow”).

Adjective

secondo (feminine seconda, masculine plural secondi, feminine plural seconde)

1. (ordinal number, before the noun) second
2. (in names of monarchs and popes, after the name) the second

Alternative forms

• 2º m, 2ª f (abbreviations)
• II (abbreviation, in names of monarchs and popes, the second)

Noun

secondo m (plural secondi)

1. (fractional number) second (unit of time)
2. second (in boxing or duelling)
3. second mate, executive officer (in the navy)
4. main course (of a meal)
5. latter (relating to or being the second of two items)

Derived terms

• microsecondo
• millisecondo
• nanosecondo
• secondamente
• secondario
• secondogenito

 

Descendants

• → Switzerland German: Secondo

See also

• millisecondo
• minuto
• ora

Etymology 2

From Latin secundum (“after, behind, according to”, preposition and adverb).

Preposition

secondo

1. according to, as per, per

   Secondo me, … ― In my opinion … (literally, “According to me”)

Derived terms

• secondo me