different between sess vs secs

English

Alternative forms

• cess

Etymology

Aphetic form of assess.

Verb

sess (third-person singular simple present sesses, present participle sessing, simple past and past participle sessed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To lay a tax upon; to assess.

Noun

sess (plural sesses)

1. (obsolete) A tax; an assessment.

References

• sess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

German Low German

Alternative forms

• söß, söss, soss

Etymology

From Middle Low German ses, from Old Saxon sehs. Compare German sechs, Dutch zes.

Numeral

sess

1. (Low Prussian) six (6)

See also

• Plautdietsch: sass

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz (“seat”). Cognate with Old English sess (“seat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s?/

  Rhymes: -?s?

Noun

sess m (genitive singular sess, nominative plural sessar)

1. place to sit, seat

   Synonym: sæti

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian sesso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s/

Noun

sess m (plural sessi)

1. gender
2. sex (sexual intercourse)

Derived terms

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Related to sitte.

Noun

sess m (definite singular sessen, indefinite plural sesser, definite plural sessene)

1. seat
2. rear, back, end

Derived terms

• være tung i sessen

References

• “sess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sess” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Related to sitja.

Noun

sess m (definite singular sessen, indefinite plural sessar, definite plural sessane)

1. seat
2. milking stool
3. rear, back, end

Derived terms

• tung i sessen

Synonyms

• (seat): sete, sitjeplass
• (milking stool): mjølkekrakk

References

• “sess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós.

Noun

sess m (genitive sess, plural sessar)

1. seat

Descendants

References

• sess in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?ks, IPA^(key): /s?ks/
• Homophone: sex

Noun

secs

1. plural of sec; seconds
2. Abbreviation of secretaries.

Anagrams

• CSEs, ECSS, ESCs, cess

Catalan

Adjective

secs

1. masculine plural of sec

French

Adjective

secs

1. masculine plural of sec