seconder

English

Etymology

second +‎ -er

Noun

seconder (plural seconders)

  1. 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

From second +‎ -er, from Old French segonder

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sə.ɡɔ̃.de/

Verb

seconder

  1. (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)
  2. 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)
present participle secondant
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dɑ̃/
past participle secondé
/sə.ɡɔ̃.de/
infinitive
simple seconder
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple secondant
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(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 historic2 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 present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present seconde
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/		 secondes
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/		 seconde
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/		 secondions
/sə.ɡɔ̃.djɔ̃/		 secondiez
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dje/		 secondent
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/
imperfect2 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — seconde
/sə.ɡɔ̃d/		 — secondons
/sə.ɡɔ̃.dɔ̃/		 secondez
/sə.ɡɔ̃.de/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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