second-hand

See also: second hand and secondhand

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

second-hand (not comparable)

1. 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)

1. second-hand

Declension

Declension of second-handinvariable

		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)

1. second-hand

Declension

Declension of second-hand

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	second-hand	second-handul
genitive-dative	second-hand	second-handului
vocative	second-handule