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genital
English
Etymology
From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gign? (“to beget, generate”); see genus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??n?t?l/, /?d??n?t?l/
Adjective
genital (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to biological reproduction.
- Of, or relating to the genitalia.
- (psychoanalysis) Of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.
Related terms
Translations
See also
- female genital mutilation
Noun
genital (plural genitals)
- (rare) A genital organ; the genitalia.
- 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis:
- ( b ) the masturbation [...] served as evidence that his genital was not injured ("fixing feet")
- 1967, Ruth G. Newman, Marjorie M. Keith, The School-centered Life Space Interview, Six Papers:
- David told of his fears of castration and his concern that his genital was not as large as another boy's on the ward, and perhaps would never be.
- 2013, Susan Isaacs, Childhood and After: Some Essays and Clinical Studies, Routledge (?ISBN), page 164:
- […] the anxiety and distress that his genital was dirty, disgusting and dangerous to his mother (myself); the dread of the bad internalized penis and his own faeces and urine.
- 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis:
Further reading
- genital in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- genital in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- atingle, elating, gelatin, langite, tag line, tagline
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?eni?ta?l]
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
genital (not comparable)
- genital
Declension
Further reading
- “genital” in Duden online
Portuguese
Adjective
genital m or f (plural genitais, comparable)
- genital
Noun
genital m (plural genitais)
- (Usually plural) genital
Romanian
Etymology
From French génital, from Latin genitalis.
Adjective
genital m or n (feminine singular genital?, masculine plural genitali, feminine and neuter plural genitale)
- genital
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin genit?lis.
Adjective
genital (plural genitales)
- genital
Noun
genital m (plural genitales)
- (Usually plural) genital
References
- “genital” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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secret
English
Etymology
From Middle English secrette, from Old French secret, from Latin s?cr?tus (“separated, hidden”), from ptp of s?cern? (“separate, to set aside, sunder out”), from Latin cern?, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- . Displaced Old English d?agol (“secret”) and d?agolnes (“a secret”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?si?k??t/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?si?k??t/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?si?k??t/
- Hyphenation: se?cret
Noun
secret (countable and uncountable, plural secrets)
- (countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. [from late 14th c.]
- May 1 , 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 13
- To tell our own secrets is generally folly, but that folly is without guilt; to communicate those with which we are intrusted is always treachery
- May 1 , 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 13
- The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack.
- The secret to a long-lasting marriage is compromise.
- Something not understood or known.
- (uncountable) Private seclusion.
- (archaic, in the plural) The genital organs.
- (historical) A form of steel skullcap.
- (Christianity, often in the plural) Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.
Synonyms
- dern
Derived terms
Descendants
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: siikret
- ? Cebuano: sekret
Translations
Adjective
secret (comparative more secret, superlative most secret)
- Being or kept hidden. [from late 14th c.]
- (obsolete) Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
- 1716, Elijah Fenton, an ode to the Right Honourable John Lord Gower
- secret in her sapphire cell
- 1716, Elijah Fenton, an ode to the Right Honourable John Lord Gower
- (obsolete) Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive, separate, apart.
- (obsolete) Separate; distinct.
- 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
- They suppose two other divine hypostases superior thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter.
- 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
Alternative forms
- secrette (obsolete)
Synonyms
- see Thesaurus:hidden and Thesaurus:covert
Antonyms
- overt
Derived terms
Related terms
- secrete
- secretion
Translations
Verb
secret (third-person singular simple present secrets, present participle (UK) secretting or (US) secreting, simple past and past participle (UK) secretted or (US) secreted)
- (transitive) To make or keep secret. [from late 16th c.]
- 1984, Peter Scott Lawrence, Around the mulberry tree, Firefly Books, p. 26
- [...] she would unfold the silk, press it with a smooth wooden block that she'd heated in the oven, and then once more secret it away.
- 1986, InfoWorld, InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.
- Diskless workstations [...] make it difficult for individuals to copy information [...] onto a diskette and secret it away.
- 1994, Phyllis Granoff & Koichi Shinohara, Monks and magicians: religious biographies in Asia, Mosaic Press, p. 50
- To prevent the elixir from reaching mankind and thereby upsetting the balance of the universe, two gods secret it away.
- 1984, Peter Scott Lawrence, Around the mulberry tree, Firefly Books, p. 26
- (transitive) To hide secretly.
- He was so scared for his safety he secreted arms around the house.
Usage notes
- All other dictionaries label this sense 'obsolete', but the citations above and on the citations page demonstrate recent usage as part of the idiom "secret [something] away".
- The present participle and past forms secreting and secreted are liable to confusion with the corresponding heteronymous forms of the similar verb secrete.
Quotations
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:secret.
Derived terms
- secrete
References
- “†?secret, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Tagged as obsolete. Notes: “In the inflected forms it is not easy to distinguish between ?secret and secrete v.” - “Se"cret (?), v. t.” listed on page 1,301 of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Se"cret (?), v. t. To keep secret. [Obs.] Bacon.
Anagrams
- Cretes, certes, erects, resect, terces
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin secretus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /s??k??t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /s??k??t/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /se?k?et/
Adjective
secret (feminine secreta, masculine plural secrets, feminine plural secretes)
- secret
Derived terms
- secretament
- secretisme
Noun
secret m (plural secrets)
- secret
Derived terms
- en secret
Further reading
- “secret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “secret” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “secret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “secret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?.k??/, (dated) /s?.???/
Etymology 1
From Middle French secret, from Old French secret, borrowed from Latin secr?tus.
Adjective
secret (feminine singular secrète, masculine plural secrets, feminine plural secrètes)
- secret
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old French secret, borrowed from Latin secr?tum.
Noun
secret m (plural secrets)
- secret
Derived terms
- mettre au secret
- ne plus avoir de secret
- secret d'alcôve
- secret d'État
- secret de Polichinelle
- secret industriel
Descendants
- ? Romanian: secret
Anagrams
- certes, crêtes, terces
Further reading
- “secret” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French secret.
Adjective
secret m (feminine singular secrete, masculine plural secrets, feminine plural secretes)
- secret
Descendants
- French: secret
- ? Romanian: secret
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French secret, Latin secretum, secretus. Doublet of s?cret, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se?kret/
Noun
secret n (plural secrete)
- secret
Declension
Synonyms
- tain?
Adjective
secret m or n (feminine singular secret?, masculine plural secre?i, feminine and neuter plural secrete)
- secret, hidden
Declension
Synonyms
- tainic, ascuns
Related terms
- s?cret
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