secoûment or secouement, n.m., shaking, jogging, jolting.
secourable, adj., helpful, helping, willing to help; relievable.
secourir, v.a., to succor, to assist, to relieve, to help, to aid; to rescue.
secours, n.m., help, relief, succor, assistance; aid; rescue. Donner du —; to render assistance. Crier au —; to cry out for help. Au —! help! help! — à domicile; outdoor relief. Société de — mutuels; benefit society.
secousse, n.f., shake, shock; blow, concussion, toss, tossing, jerk; (fig.) agitation; check.
secr-et, -ète, adj., secret, private, hidden, undiscovered, reserved, silent. Tenir —; to keep secret. Escalier — or dérobé; back-stairs, private staircase.
secret, n.m., secrecy, privacy, mystery; secret; solitary confinement; secret drawer, secret spring. C’est mon —; that is not a fair question. Mettre un prisonnier au —; to put a prisoner in solitary confinement. En —; secretly, privately, in private. Sous le —; in secrecy, under the seal of secrecy. Le — de Polichinelle; an open secret; no secret at all. — de deux — de Dieu, — de trois — de tous; no secret but between two.
secrétaire, n.m., secretary; escritoire; writing-table; (orni.) secretary-bird. — d’ambassade; secretary to an embassy. — d’état; secretary of state. Sous — général; under secretary (of state).
secrétairerie (-tèr-rî), n.f., secretary’s office.
secrétariat, n.m., secretaryship; secretary’s office.