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second.

second

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Meaning & usage

adj/sə.ɡɔ̃//sə.ɡɔ̃t‿//zɡɔ̃/

  1. second

    la Seconde Guerre mondiale
    une seconde possibilité
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French secunt, second, segont, borrowed as a semi-learned term from Latin secundus (“second”); related to sequi (“follow”). Doublet of son (“bran”), which was inherited.

noun/sə.ɡɔ̃//sə.ɡɔ̃t‿//zɡɔ̃/

  1. assistant, first mate

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French secunt, second, segont, borrowed as a semi-learned term from Latin secundus (“second”); related to sequi (“follow”). Doublet of son (“bran”), which was inherited.

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