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second noun

  /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/
  • A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
 seconde, seconde d'angle, instant
  • A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
 seconde, seconde d'angle
  • (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
 seconde, instant

second adjective

  /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/ , /ˈsɛkənd/ , /ˈsɛkɪnd/
  • Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
 deuxième, second, deux

second noun

  /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/ , /ˈsɛkənd/ , /ˈsɛkɪnd/
  • (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
 seconde
  • (usually, in the plural) An additional helping of food.
 rab
  • (usually, in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
 article de second choix

second verb

  /səˈkɑnd/ , /səˈkɒnd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/
  • (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
 soutenir

secondment noun

  /səˈkɒn(d)mənt/
  • The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.
 détachement

seconds noun

  /ˈsɛk.əndz/ , /ˈsɛk.ənts/ , /ˈsɛkəndz/
  • A second helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink.
 portion supplémentaire
twenty-second
vingt-deuxième
second hand
trotteuse, aiguille des secondes
second coming
retour
second person
deuxième personne
have second thoughts
hésiter
second lieutenant
sous-lieutenant
metre per second
mètre par seconde
second cousin
cousin issu de germain, cousine issue de germain
second fiddle
second couteau, second violon

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second adjective

  /sə.ɡɔ̃/
second
second couteau
minion, second fiddle, sidekick
équation du second degré
quadratic equation
de second ordre
second-class
Second Empire
Second French Empire
second souffle
second wind
second maître
petty officer second class
en second lieu
in the second place
second degré
second degree, tongue-in-cheek
meurtre au second degré
second degree murder
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