seconder
English
Etymology
Noun
seconder (plural seconders)
- The person who makes a second to a motion in any formal procedure, such as a parliamentary procedure.
- He's been the seconder on many motions, but I don't think he's ever made a motion himself.
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.ɡɔ̃.de/
Verb
seconder
- (transitive) to assist
- Elle surveillait d'un œil profondément attentif le travail sanglant du bistouri, sa main adroite (...) employant tour à tour, pour seconder l'opérateur, les éponges, les fils (...) les crochets. (Feuillet, Morte, 1886)
- to help, ease
- Le principe protestant seconda d'abord l'essor scientifique et le développement industriel, en stimulant les efforts personnels et brisant des règles oppressives. (Comte, Catéchisme positiviste, 1852)
Conjugation
Conjugation of seconder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | seconder | avoir secondé | |||||
| gerund | en secondant | en ayant secondé | |||||
| present participle | secondant /sə.ɡɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | secondé /sə.ɡɔ̃.de/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | seconde /sə.ɡɔ̃d/ |
secondes /sə.ɡɔ̃d/ |
seconde /sə.ɡɔ̃d/ |
secondons /sə.ɡɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
secondez /sə.ɡɔ̃.de/ |
secondent /sə.ɡɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | secondais /sə.ɡɔ̃.dɛ/ |
secondais /sə.ɡɔ̃.dɛ/ |
secondait /sə.ɡɔ̃.dɛ/ |
secondions /sə.ɡɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
secondiez /sə.ɡɔ̃.dje/ |
secondaient /sə.ɡɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | secondai /sə.ɡɔ̃.de/ |
secondas /sə.ɡɔ̃.da/ |
seconda /sə.ɡɔ̃.da/ |
secondâmes /sə.ɡɔ̃.dam/ |
secondâtes /sə.ɡɔ̃.dat/ |
secondèrent /sə.ɡɔ̃.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | seconderai /sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁe/ |
seconderas /sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁa/ |
secondera /sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁa/ |
seconderons /sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
seconderez /sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁe/ |
seconderont /sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | seconderais /sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
seconderais /sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
seconderait /sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
seconderions /sə.ɡɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
seconderiez /sə.ɡɔ̃.də.ʁje/ |
seconderaient /sə.ɡɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | seconde /sə.ɡɔ̃d/ |
secondes /sə.ɡɔ̃d/ |
seconde /sə.ɡɔ̃d/ |
secondions /sə.ɡɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
secondiez /sə.ɡɔ̃.dje/ |
secondent /sə.ɡɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect1 | secondasse /sə.ɡɔ̃.das/ |
secondasses /sə.ɡɔ̃.das/ |
secondât /sə.ɡɔ̃.da/ |
secondassions /sə.ɡɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ |
secondassiez /sə.ɡɔ̃.da.sje/ |
secondassent /sə.ɡɔ̃.das/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | seconde /sə.ɡɔ̃d/ |
— | secondons /sə.ɡɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
secondez /sə.ɡɔ̃.de/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “seconder” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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