de seconde main
\də s(ə).ɡɔ̃d mɛ̃\
The verdict
“de seconde main” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est passé par un intermédiaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-seconde-main · de seconde main · French
de seconde main · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de seconde main |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \də s(ə).ɡɔ̃d mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de seconde main » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de seconde main is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \də s(ə).ɡɔ̃d mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for de seconde main in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is de seconde main, spelled D-E- -S-E-C-O-N-D-E- -M-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui est passé par un intermédiaire.
- 2Usagé ; d’occasion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de seconde main appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une nouvelle de seconde main.
Alors que nous leur avons demandé à plusieurs reprises de partager des détails précis sur les prétendues micropuces dont ils semblaient certains qu’elles existaient, ils ne voulaient ou ne pouvaient pas fournir davantage que des infos de seconde main.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.