English
rank|March|whatever|reach|670|secret|showed|ancient|parts
Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈsiËkɹət/
audio|en-us-secret.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: se·cret
Etymology 1
From Latin secretum
Adjective
secret
- being or kept hidden.
#:We went down a secret passage.
Synonyms
private
confidential
concealed
Translations
trans-top|being or kept hidden.
Arabic: سري (sirri)
Bulgarian: таен (taen) m, тайна (tajna) f, тайно (tajno) n
Catalan: secret m
Czech: tajný m
Dutch: geheim
Finnish: salainen
French: secret m
Frisian: geheim
German: geheim
Greek: κÏυφός (krifos) m, μυστικός (mistikos) m
Hebrew: סודי (sodi)
Indonesian: rahasia
trans-mid
Interlingua: secrete
Italian: segreto
Old English: dyrne
Polish: sekretny m, sekretna m, sekretne f, tajny m, tajna f, tajne n
Romanian: secret m, secretă f, tainic m, tainică f,
Scottish Gaelic: rùnach, dìomhair
Slovene: skriven m, skrivna f, skrivno n
Spanish: secreto m, secreta f
Swedish: hemlig
Telugu: రహసà±à°¯ (rahasya)
Volapük: klänik
Welsh: cyfrin, dirgel
trans-bottom
Noun
en-noun
- Knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
#:Can you keep a secret? So can I.
Translations
Arabic: ARchar|سر (sirr) m
Bulgarian: тайна (tajna) f
Chinese: 秘密 (mìmì)
Czech: tajemstvà n
Dutch: geheim n
Estonian: saladus
Finnish: salaisuus
French: secret m
German: Geheimnis n
Greek: μυστικό (mistiko) n
Hebrew: סוד (sod) m
Hungarian: titok
Interlingua: secreto
Italian: segreto m
mid
Japanese: 秘密 (ã²ã¿ã¤, himitsu)
Korean: 비밀 (bimil)
Old English: run|rūn f
Polish: sekret m, tajemnica f
Portuguese: segredo m
Romanian: secret n, taină f
Russian: тайна (tájna) f
Scottish Gaelic: rùn m
Slovene: skrivnost f
Spanish: secreto m
Swedish: hemlighet c
Telugu: రహసà±à°¯à°‚ (rahasyaM)
Volapük: klän
Welsh: cyfrinach
Related terms
keep secret
family secret
secret admirer
secret police
secret service
secrete
secretion
secretive
secretly
top secret
Antonyms
overt
Etymology 2
back-form reading secreted as secret + -ed instead of secrete + -d by influence of the above senses of secret.
Pronunciation
/ˈsikrət/
Verb
en-verb
- To secrete (to hide away).
Usage notes
This word is not in standard or formal usage, where secrete is used instead.
Category:1000 English basic words
French
Adjective
fr-adj|f=secrète
- #Adjective|secret
Noun
fr-noun|m
- #Noun|secret
ang:secret
ar:secret
ca:secret
de:secret
et:secret
es:secret
fa:secret
fr:secret
ko:secret
io:secret
id:secret
it:secret
kk:secret
hu:secret
pl:secret
ru:secret
simple:secret
fi:secret
sv:secret
ta:secret
te:secret
vi:secret
tr:secret
uk:secret
zh:secret
|