sécante
French, noun/se.kɑ̃t/
sécante is spelled S-É-C-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sécante is a French feminine noun meaning “secant (trigonometric function)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Droite qui en coupe une autre ou qui coupe un plan”.
What does sécante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesecant (trigonometric function)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Droite qui en coupe une autre ou qui coupe un plan. 2. Une des lignes trigonométriques d’un angle. 3. Une des six fonctions trigonométriques de base. La sécante est l'inverse du cosinus.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sécante
- sécantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sécante?
- /se.kɑ̃t/
- \se.kɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sécante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sécante in French?
sécante appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).