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The French word for second is
seconde





second

Gender

The gender of seconde is feminine. E.g. la seconde.

Plural

The plural of seconde is secondes.

French Definition


second
     1. adj. Deuxième, second. (note) On utilise ce mot aussi dans les mots composés.
           Second, twelfth, twenty-second, thirty-second, …
           Deuxième, douzième, vingt-deuxième, trente-deuxième, …
     2. v. Deuxièmement, secundo.
     3. v. (+ superlatif) Le deuxième plus.
           New Guinea is the second largest island in the world.
           Nouvelle-Guinée est la deuxième île du monde en superficie.
     4. v. (Baseball) Au deuxième ordre de frappe.
           He is batting second today.
     5. n. (Au pluriel) Second.
           I'd like seconds please.
     6. n. (Baseball) Deuxième base.
     7. n. (Métrologie) Seconde.
           There are sixty seconds in a minute.
     8. v. Seconder.
     9. v. Répéter, confirmer, affirmer, adhérer, accorder.
           I second what you said.
           J'adhère à ce que vous dites.



Translations for second and their definitions

seconde
     1. adj. feminine singular of second
     2. n-f. second (for indicating time)
     3. n-f. (music) second (interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale)


deuxième
     1. adj. (ordinal) second


second
     1. adj. number box, 2
     2. adj. second
           une seconde possibilité - a second possibility, another possibility
     3. adj. , translation="Chiquita! Chiquita!" At the second call, a thin and emaciated little girl (...) came up to Agostin
     4. n-m. assistant, first mate


soutenir
     1. v. to support
     2. v. to keep up
     3. v. (used with que) to maintain (that)
     4. v. to argue


rab


seconde d'angle
     1. n-f. (geometry) a second, 1/60 of a minute, or 1/3.600 of a degree, as unit of angular measure


instant
     1. adj. (literary) pressing, insistent
     2. n-m. instant, minute, moment
           en un instant - in an instant
           il n'y a pas un instant à perdre - there's not a moment to spare
           ne durer qu'un instant - to last only an instant
           ne pas douter de quelque chose un seul instant - not to doubt something for a minute
           il ne faut qu'un instant pour le faire - it takes only a minute to do


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