second hand

See also: second-hand and secondhand

English

Etymology 1

From second (ordinal) + hand (“party”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsɛkənd ˈhænd/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

second hand (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of secondhand.
Usage notes
  • The words secondhand and second-hand may be the preferred forms for the adjective meaning not new, in order to avoid confusion with the noun second hand, referring to the hand of a clock or watch.
Translations

Noun

second hand (plural second hands)

  1. An intermediate person or means; intermediary.
    • 1826, Walter Scott, editor, Memoirs of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin‎[1], page 135:
      “My Lord Oxford, by a second hand, proposed my being his chaplain, which I, by a second hand, excused.
    • 1832, James Sheridan Knowles, The Magdalen, and other tales‎[2], page 3:
      Under certain circumstances there is always a danger in a young man's playing the benefactor towards the other sex, in his own person. A thousand times better do it by a second hand — engage the services of some kind aunt or female cousin.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From second (“unit of time”) + hand (“pointer”).

Pronunciation

Noun

second hand (plural second hands)

a second hand ticking
  2. On the clock face of a clock or watch, the hand (pointer) that shows the number of seconds that have passed.
    Coordinate terms: minute hand, hour hand
    • 2018 April 17, Bryan Camp, The City of Lost Fortunes‎[3], Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC:
      ... the ticking of a second hand. Tick, tick, tick. The clock. Jude wrenched himself free of his gift's trance, surprised that there wasn't a tearing sound when his hand came free of the doubloon. The visions fell away, and he felt his ...
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Czech

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from second-hand store.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛkn̩dɦɛnt]
  • Hyphenation: se‧cond‧hand

Noun

second hand m inan

  1. thrift shop (store that sells second-hand clothing)

Declension

Declension of second hand (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative second hand second handy
genitive second handu second handů
dative second handu second handům
accusative second hand second handy
vocative second hande second handy
locative second handu second handech
instrumental second handem second handy

Further reading

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from second-hand store.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.kɛnt ˈxɛnt/
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Noun

second hand m inan (related adjective secondhandowy)

  1. thrift shop (store that sells second-hand clothing)
    Synonyms: ciuchland, ciucholand, ciuszek, dziadownia, lump, lumpeks, szmaciak, szmateks

Declension

Declension of second hand
singular plural
nominative second hand second handy
genitive second handu second handów
dative second handowi second handom
accusative second hand second handy
instrumental second handem second handami
locative second handzie second handach
vocative second handzie second handy

Further reading

  • “second hand”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “second hand”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish)
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