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seicont

seicont

Scots

Alternative forms

  • 2nt

Adjective

seicont ‎(not comparable)

  1. second
Derived terms
  • seicont-haundit ‎(“second-hand”)

Noun

seicont ‎(plural seiconts)

  1. the storey of a building immediately above the ground floor

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Old French seconde, from Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta ‎(“second diminished part (of the hour)”).

Noun

seicont ‎(plural seiconts)

  1. a second of time

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French second, from Latin secundus ‎(“following, next in order”), from root of sequor ‎(“I follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‎(“to follow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsikənt], [ˈsekənt]

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