secondo

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See also: secóndo, secondò, and Secondo

English

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Etymology

Italian secondo

Noun

secondo (plural secondos or secondi)

  1. (music) The second part in a concerted piece.

See also

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “secondo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Italian

Italian numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: due
    Ordinal: secondo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2º
    Adverbial: due volte
    Multiplier: doppio, duplice
    Distributive: doppiamente
    Collective: entrambi, tutti e due
    Fractional: mezzo
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈkon.do/
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  • Rhymes: -ondo
  • Hyphenation: se‧cón‧do

Etymology 1

From Latin secundus (“he who follows, second”), from sequor (“to follow”).

Adjective

secondo (feminine seconda, masculine plural secondi, feminine plural seconde)

  1. (ordinal number, before the noun) second
  2. (in names of monarchs and popes, after the name) the second
Alternative forms

Noun

secondo m (plural secondi)

  1. (fractional number) second (unit of time)
  2. second (in boxing or duelling)
  3. second mate, executive officer (in the navy)
  4. main course (of a meal)
  5. latter (relating to or being the second of two items)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Switzerland German: Secondo
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Etymology 2

From Latin secundum (“after, behind, according to”, preposition and adverb).

Preposition

secondo

  1. according to, as per, per
    Secondo me, … ― In my opinion … (literally, “According to me”)
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