seconder

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English

Etymology

second +‎ -er

Noun

seconder (plural seconders)

  1. (in combination) Something that lasts or takes a specified number of seconds.
    • 2003, Constance Rhodes, Life Inside the “Thin” Cage: A Personal Look into the Hidden World of the Chronic Dieter, Colorado Springs, CO: WaterBrook Press, →ISBN, page 149:
      I'm a post-first-weight-gain-in-ten-years, post-obsessing-about-food-every-minute-of-every-day, and life is different. It really is. I still struggle sometimes, but I can honestly say that the tapes are no longer playing. Once in a while I hear a little “commercial,” a brief ten-seconder: Are you sure you don't want to lose a little weight? Wouldn't you rather skip that high-fat meal?
  2. The person who makes a second to a motion in any formal procedure, such as a parliamentary procedure.
    He's been the seconder on many motions, but I don't think he's ever made a motion himself.
  3. (scouting) A Cub Scout serving as a second-in-command to a sixer.
    Synonym: second
  4. (climbing) A person who seconds; a person who climbs after the leader

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French

Etymology

From second +‎ -er, from Old French segonder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə.ɡɔ̃.de/
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Verb

seconder

  1. (transitive) to assist
    Elle surveillait d'un œil profondément attentif le travail sanglant du bistouri, sa main adroite (...) employant tour à tour, pour seconder l'opérateur, les éponges, les fils (...) les crochets. (Feuillet, Morte, 1886)
  2. to help, ease
    Le principe protestant seconda d'abord l'essor scientifique et le développement industriel, en stimulant les efforts personnels et brisant des règles oppressives. (Comte, Catéchisme positiviste, 1852)

Conjugation

Conjugation of seconder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple seconder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple secondant
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle secondé
/sə.ɡɔ̃.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present seconde
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/ 		secondes
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/ 		seconde
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/ 		secondons
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		secondez
/sə.ɡɔ̃.de/ 		secondent
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/
imperfect secondais
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dɛ/ 		secondais
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dɛ/ 		secondait
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dɛ/ 		secondions
/sə.ɡɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		secondiez
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dje/ 		secondaient
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 secondai
/sə.ɡɔ̃.de/ 		secondas
/sə.ɡɔ̃.da/ 		seconda
/sə.ɡɔ̃.da/ 		secondâmes
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dam/ 		secondâtes
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dat/ 		secondèrent
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dɛʁ/
future seconderai
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁe/ 		seconderas
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁa/ 		secondera
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁa/ 		seconderons
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		seconderez
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁe/ 		seconderont
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional seconderais
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		seconderais
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		seconderait
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		seconderions
/sə.ɡɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		seconderiez
/sə.ɡɔ̃.də.ʁje/ 		seconderaient
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present seconde
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/ 		secondes
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/ 		seconde
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/ 		secondions
/sə.ɡɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		secondiez
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dje/ 		secondent
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/
imperfect2 secondasse
/sə.ɡɔ̃.das/ 		secondasses
/sə.ɡɔ̃.das/ 		secondât
/sə.ɡɔ̃.da/ 		secondassions
/sə.ɡɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ 		secondassiez
/sə.ɡɔ̃.da.sje/ 		secondassent
/sə.ɡɔ̃.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — seconde
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/ 		— secondons
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		secondez
/sə.ɡɔ̃.de/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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