secret

secret
secret [ˈsi:krɪt]
1. noun
secret m
• to keep a secret garder un secret
• to keep sth a secret garder qch secret
• to let sb into the secret mettre qn dans le secret
• to be in on the secret être au courant
• there's no secret about it cela n'a rien de secret
• to have no secrets from sb ne pas avoir de secrets pour qn
• to make no secret of or about sth ne pas faire secret de qch
• the secret of success le secret du succès
► in secret en secret
2. adjective
   a. secret (-ète f)
• it's all highly secret tout cela est top secret
• to keep sth secret garder qch secret
   b. [ballot, vote] à bulletin secret
   c. ( = private) I'm a secret admirer of her novels j'avoue que j'apprécie ses romans
• you've got a secret admirer quelqu'un t'admire en secret
• to be a secret drinker boire en cachette
3. compounds
► secret agent noun agent m secret
► the Secret Service noun (British) les services mpl secrets ; (US) les services mpl chargés de la protection du président
► secret weapon noun arme f secrète
* * *
['siːkrɪt] 1.
noun
1) (unknown thing) secret m

to tell somebody a secret — confier un secret à quelqu'un

to let somebody in on a secret — mettre quelqu'un dans le secret

I make no secret of my membership of the party — je ne fais pas mystère de mon appartenance au parti

it's an open secret that — tout le monde sait que

there's no secret about who — tout le monde sait qui

2) (ideal method) secret m (of de)
2.
adjective gen secret/-ète; [contributor] anonyme

to keep something secret from somebody — cacher quelque chose à quelqu'un

to be a secret drinker — boire en cachette

3.
in secret adverbial phrase gen en secret

English-French dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Regardez d'autres dictionnaires:

  • secret — secret, ète 1. (se krè, krè t ; la prononciation ancienne était segret, segrète ; et plusieurs, surtout les vieillards, la conservent encore ; plusieurs, au XVIe siècle, écrivaient segret, voy. l historique à SECRET, 2 ; au XVIIe siècle,… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • secret — SECRÉT, Ă, secreţi, te, adj., s.n. I. adj. 1. Care este ţinut ascuns, care rămâne necunoscut, nedivulgat; confidenţial. Tratative secrete. ♢ Asociaţie (sau organizaţie, societate) secretă = organizaţie cu caracter conspirativ, constituită în… …   Dicționar Român

  • secret — se‧cret [ˈsiːkrt] adjective 1. something that is secret is only known about by a few people and kept hidden from other people, sometimes because it is illegal: • The unexpected merger has triggered reports of a secret deal. • The judge has twice …   Financial and business terms

  • Secret — • The prayer said in a low voice by the celebrant at the end of the Offeratory in the Roman Liturgy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Secret     Secret      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • secret — [sē′krit] adj. [OFr < L secretus, pp. of secernere, to set apart < se , apart (see SECEDE) + cernere, to sift, distinguish: see HARVEST] 1. kept from public knowledge or from the knowledge of a certain person or persons 2. withdrawn, remote …   English World dictionary

  • Secret — Se cret, a. [F. secret (cf. Sp. & Pg. secreto, It. secreto, segreto), fr. L. secretus, p. p. of secernere to put apart, to separate. See {Certain}, and cf. {Secrete}, {Secern}.] 1. Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Secret "X" — is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right . Debuting on September 14, 1977, this tic tac toe based game is played for a four digit prize worth more than $3,000, and uses small prizes.GameplayThe centerpiece of… …   Wikipedia

  • Secret — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término Secret puede referirse a: Término inglés para referirse a un secreto. En música Secret, álbum de la cantante japonesa Ayumi Hamasaki. secret, álbum de la cantante japonesa Kumi Koda. Secret , canción de la …   Wikipedia Español

  • secret — adj Secret, covert, stealthy, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, underhand, underhanded are comparable when they mean done, carried on, operated, or accomplished so as not to attract attention or observation. Secret, the most general of these… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Secret — Se cret, n. [F. secret (cf. Pr. secret, Sp. & Pg. secreto, It. secreto, segreto), from L. secretum. See {Secret}, a.] 1. Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • secret — I adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, arcane, arcanus, clandestine, close, concealed, confidential, covert, cryptic, dark, esoteric, furtive, hidden, latent, mysterious, not public, obscure, occult, occultus, private, privy, recondite,… …   Law dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”