second-hand
See also: second hand and secondhand
English
Pronunciation
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective
- Alternative spelling of secondhand
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Gossipping”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 93:
- Her youth had passed in intrigues and vanities, and she still lived among them at second-hand: she now talked what she formerly did.
References
- “second-hand”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English second-hand.
Declension
Declension of second-hand (invariable)
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | second-hand | second-hand | second-hand | second-hand | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | second-hand | second-hand | second-hand | second-hand | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
Declension
declension of second-hand (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) second-hand | second-handul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) second-hand | second-handului |
| vocative | second-handule | |
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