sekreto
Central Bikol
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish secreto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈkɾeto/ [seˈkɾe.to]
- Hyphenation: se‧kre‧to
Noun
sekréto (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜍᜒᜆᜓ)
Derived terms
- magsekreto
- sekretohan
- sekretohon
Related terms
- sekretariya
- sekretariyo
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin sēcrētus (“separate, set apart”), from the verb sēcernō, from se- (“apart”) + cernō (“sift”). Doublet of sekretario.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈkreto/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: se‧kre‧to
Noun
sekreto (accusative singular sekreton, plural sekretoj, accusative plural sekretojn)
- a secret; private affair; confidentiality.
- publika sekreto ― open secret
- ŝtataj sekretoj ― state secrets
- profesia sekreto ― professional confidentiality
- enigma; something that is not properly understood; a mystery.
- la sekretoj de la Naturo ― the mysteries of nature
- trick; a clever means or way of achieveing; knack.
- la sekreto de la sukceso, de la feliĉo ― the secret of success, of happiness
Derived terms
Ladino
Alternative forms
Adjective
sekreto (Hebrew spelling סיקריטו)[1]
- secret (hidden)
- 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi[1], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 204:
- I los ke avian aparte dela gabela de la komunita avian gabelikas sekretas.
- Besides the community gabelle, there were also small, secret gabelles.
Noun
sekreto m (Hebrew spelling סיקריטו)[1]
- secret (knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden)
- 2001, M. Mitchell Serels, editor, Semana Sepharad: The Lectures : Studies on Sephardic Jewry : Exploring the Spanish Roots of Sephardic Culture[2], J.E. Safra Institute of Sephardic Studies, Yeshiva University, page 9:
- "Elya guadrava el sekreto de mi afin de no avergonsarme en imazhinandome ke era una espesia de karidad ke mos era echa."
- She was keeping my secret so as to avoid shaming me into thinking that it was a kind of charity that was made to us.
- 2006, יעקב כולי, מעם לועז בראשית: לקט : בצירוף מבואות, גלוסאר ומפתחות[3], הוצאת מכון מעלה אדומים, →ISBN, page 31:
- I ansi el yesod del djudezmo es de saver i kreer ke todos estos son sekretos santos i muy ondos investidos komo kuentos.
- And hence Judaism’s foundation is from knowing and believing that all these things are sacred secrets and very deeply invested as accounts.
References
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- sikreto — common
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish secreto, from Latin sēcrētum. The alternate pronunciation was reinforced by English secret. Doublet of sekreta.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /sekˈɾeto/ [sɛkˈɾɛː.t̪o]
- IPA(key): /sikˈɾeto/ [sɪkˈɾɛː.t̪o] (English reinforced)
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: sek‧re‧to
Adjective
sekreto (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)
See also
Noun
sekreto (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)
Derived terms
- isekreto
- magsekreto
- masekreto
- pagkasekreto
- pasekreto
- sekretuhan
- sekretuhin
Related terms
- sekreta
- sekretarya
- sekretaryo
- sekreto-de-amor
- sekreto-de-amor-na-puti