"second hand" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌsɛkənd ˈhænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-second hand1.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: second (ordinal) + hand (“party”) Etymology templates: {{m|en|second||pos=ordinal}} second (ordinal), {{m|en|hand||party}} hand (“party”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} second hand (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of secondhand Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: secondhand Synonyms: secondhand, second-hand Related terms: at second hand
    Sense id: en-second_hand-en-adj-A6SoxCax Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 42 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˌsɛkənd ˈhænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-second hand1.wav [Southern-England] Forms: second hands [plural]
Etymology: second (ordinal) + hand (“party”) Etymology templates: {{m|en|second||pos=ordinal}} second (ordinal), {{m|en|hand||party}} hand (“party”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} second hand (plural second hands)
  1. An intermediate person or means; intermediary. Categories (topical): Clocks, Timekeeping Derived forms: at second hand
    Sense id: en-second_hand-en-noun-5Yw-0hxv Disambiguation of Clocks: 25 44 31 Disambiguation of Timekeeping: 13 49 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 42 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 46 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 46 25 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 31 49 20 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 30 47 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛkənd ˌhænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-second hand2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: second hands [plural]
Etymology: second (“unit of time”) + hand (“pointer”) Etymology templates: {{m|en|second||unit of time}} second (“unit of time”), {{m|en|hand||pointer}} hand (“pointer”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} second hand (plural second hands)
  1. On a clock or watch, the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed. Translations (the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed): عَقْرَب ثَوَانِي (ʕaqrab ṯawānī) [masculine] (Arabic), секу́ндная стрэ́лка (sjekúndnaja strélka) [feminine] (Belarusian), сэку́ндная стрэ́лка (sekúndnaja strélka) [feminine] (Belarusian), секу́ндна стрелка́ (sekúndna strelká) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 秒針 (Chinese Mandarin), 秒针 (miǎozhēn) (Chinese Mandarin), secondewijzer [masculine] (Dutch), sekuntiosoitin (Finnish), sekuntiviisari (Finnish), trotteuse [feminine] (French), aiguille des secondes [feminine] (French), Sekundenzeiger [masculine] (German), δείκτης δευτερολέπτων (deíktis defterolépton) [masculine] (Greek), másodpercmutató (Hungarian), jarum detik (Indonesian), 秒針 (byōshin) (alt: びょうしん) (Japanese), 초침 (chochim) (alt: 秒針) (Korean), секунда́рник (sekundárnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), sekondiera [feminine] (Maltese), sekundviser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sekundvisar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sekundnik [masculine] (Polish), wskazówka sekundowa [feminine] (Polish), ponteiro dos segundos [masculine] (Portuguese), секу́ндная стре́лка (sekúndnaja strélka) [feminine] (Russian), segundero [masculine] (Spanish), sekundvisare [common-gender] (Swedish), секу́ндна стрі́лка (sekúndna strílka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-second_hand-en-noun-ftFobIGC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 42 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
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          "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "deíktis defterolépton",
          "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
          "word": "jarum detik"
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          "roman": "byōshin",
          "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chochim",
          "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
          "word": "초침"
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          "code": "mt",
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          "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sekondiera"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
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    },
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      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "секу́ндна стрелка́"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "word": "秒針"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miǎozhēn",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "word": "秒针"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "word": "sekuntiosoitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "word": "sekuntiviisari"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trotteuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aiguille des secondes"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sekundenzeiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "deíktis defterolépton",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δείκτης δευτερολέπτων"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "word": "másodpercmutató"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "word": "jarum detik"
    },
    {
      "alt": "びょうしん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "byōshin",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "word": "秒針"
    },
    {
      "alt": "秒針",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chochim",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "word": "초침"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sekundárnik",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "секунда́рник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sekondiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sekundviser"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sekundvisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sekundnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wskazówka sekundowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ponteiro dos segundos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sekúndnaja strélka",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "секу́ндная стре́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segundero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sekundvisare"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sekúndna strílka",
      "sense": "the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "секу́ндна стрі́лка"
    }
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}

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