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sec

/sɛk/

Translations

secnoun

secs

/sɛk/

seconde

The race was won by a margin of just a few secs.

La course a été remportée avec une avance de quelques secondes seulement.

Additional translations

seconde d’arcEn astronomie et en géométrie.

Synonyms

secadjective

more sec

Comp.

most sec

Super.

/sek/

/sɛk/

Used chiefly after the name of certain wines, especially champagne, to mean ‘dry’.

secSe dit surtout des vins, notamment du champagne, pour « peu ou pas sucré ».

They chose a sec champagne to accompany the shellfish.

Ils ont choisi un champagne sec pour accompagner les fruits de mer.

Synonyms

Definitions

secnoun

A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of a minute.

The race was won by a margin of just a few secs.

A very short period of time; an instant.

Hang on a sec—I'll be right back.

A unit of angular measurement equal to one sixtieth of an arc-minute.

The telescope can resolve differences as small as 0.2 arc sec.

secadjective

Having little or no sweetness; dry (said especially of wines such as champagne).

They chose a sec champagne to accompany the shellfish.