secondary

secondaire

Moins important que l’élément principal.

En anglais simple : Less important than the main thing.

• Cost is a secondary concern.
• Her own comfort was secondary to the children’s safety.
• He played a secondary role in the project.

Comment l'utiliser : secondary to something (For us, price is secondary to quality.)

Synonymes : less important, minor, subordinate

Contraires : primary, main

Expressions courantes : secondary concern, secondary importance, secondary to something

secondaire

Qui vient après la première étape ; dans l’enseignement, après l’école primaire.

En anglais simple : Coming after the first stage or place in a series.

• She starts secondary school next year.
• The process enters its secondary stage after cooling.
• These pupils have completed their secondary education.

Synonymes : second

Contraires : primary

Expressions courantes : secondary school, secondary education, secondary stage

secondaire

Se dit d’une couleur obtenue en mélangeant deux couleurs primaires.

En anglais simple : Made by mixing two basic colours.

• Orange is a secondary colour in painting.
• Mix two primary colours to make a secondary colour.
• The children identified the secondary colours on the wheel.

Contraires : primary

Expressions courantes : secondary colour, secondary colors

délégué

Fait ou fourni par une personne qui agit au nom du responsable principal.

En anglais simple : Done or provided by someone acting for the person mainly responsible.

• The work passed through secondary hands.
• He accepted reports from secondary agents acting for the king.
• The orders came from a secondary authority appointed by the governor.

Synonymes : delegated

Expressions courantes : secondary hands, secondary authority

collège, lycée

Établissement scolaire accueillant les élèves après l’école primaire, comme un collège ou un lycée.

En anglais simple : A school for children who have finished primary school.

• She attends the local secondary.
• Two secondaries in the district offer music lessons.
• Parents compared the nearby secondaries before applying.

Synonymes : secondary school

Expressions courantes : local secondary, a secondary

adjoint, suppléant

Personne qui aide un responsable supérieur et peut le remplacer.

En anglais simple : A person who helps a senior official and can act in their place.

• The secondary assisted the sheriff.
• A new secondary was appointed to handle the records.
• The sheriff left these duties to his secondary.

Synonymes : deputy, assistant

Expressions courantes : a secondary, the secondary