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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 person
deuxième personne
second coming
retour
have second thoughts
hésiter
second lieutenant
sous-lieutenant
second cousin
cousin issu de germain, cousine issue de germain
metre per second
mètre par seconde
second fiddle
second couteau, second violon

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

second adjective

  /sə.ɡɔ̃/
second

second noun {m}

  /sə.ɡɔ̃/
first mate
second couteau
minion, second fiddle, sidekick
équation du second degré
quadratic equation
de second ordre
second-class
Second Empire
Second French Empire
banque de second rang
commercial bank
second souffle
second wind
second maître
petty officer second class
en second lieu
in the second place
second degré
second degree, tongue-in-cheek
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