second-hand
See also: second hand and secondhand
English
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (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. Compare German secondhand and Russian сѐконд-хе́нд (sèkond-xénd).
Adjective
second-hand m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension
| 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 | — | — | — | — | ||||
Noun
second-hand n (uncountable)
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | second-hand | second-handul |
| genitive-dative | second-hand | second-handului |
| vocative | second-handule | |