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• /ˈsiː.kɹɪt/
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From Middle English secrette, from Old French secret, from Latin sēcrētus (“separated, hidden”), from ptp of sēcernō (“separate, to set aside, sunder out”), from cernō, from Proto-Indo-European *krey-. Displaced Old English dēagol (“secret”).

The noun is from Middle English secret, from Latin sēcrētum. Doublet of secretum. Displaced Old English dēagolnes (“a secret”). The verb is from the noun.

342 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: geheime — being or kept hidden
• American Sign Language: A@Mouth-ThumbBack Contact — being or kept hidden
• Arabic: سِرِّيّ (sirriyy) — being or kept hidden
• Armenian: գաղտնի (gaġtni) — being or kept hidden
• Armenian: թաքուն (tʻakʻun) — being or kept hidden
• Asturian: secretu — being or kept hidden
• Azerbaijani: sirli — being or kept hidden
• Azerbaijani: gizli — being or kept hidden
• Azerbaijani: məxfi — being or kept hidden
• Azerbaijani: gizlin — being or kept hidden
• Bashkir: йәшерен (yəşeren) — being or kept hidden
• Basque: sekretu — being or kept hidden
• Belarusian: тае́мны (tajémny) — being or kept hidden
• Belarusian: патае́мны (patajémny) — being or kept hidden
• Belarusian: та́йны (tájny) — being or kept hidden
• Belarusian: сакрэ́тны (sakrétny) — being or kept hidden
• Bengali: গোপন (gōpon) — being or kept hidden
• Breton: kevrin — being or kept hidden
• Breton: kevrinus — being or kept hidden
• Breton: kevrinek — being or kept hidden
• Bulgarian: та́ен (táen) — being or kept hidden
• Bulgarian: секре́тен (sekréten) — being or kept hidden
• Catalan: secret — being or kept hidden
• Chinese Mandarin: 秘密的 (mìmì de) — being or kept hidden
• Czech: tajný — being or kept hidden
• Danish: hemmelig — being or kept hidden
• Dutch: geheim — being or kept hidden
• Egyptian: i-mn:n-A4 (jmn) — being or kept hidden
• Esperanto: kripta — being or kept hidden
• Esperanto: sekreta — being or kept hidden
• Finnish: salainen — being or kept hidden
• Finnish: salattu — being or kept hidden
• Finnish: sala- — being or kept hidden
• Finnish: piilotettu — being or kept hidden
• Finnish: piilo- — being or kept hidden
• French: secret — being or kept hidden
• West-Frisian: geheim — being or kept hidden
• Friulian: segret — being or kept hidden
• Friulian: secret — being or kept hidden
• Galician: secreto — being or kept hidden
• Georgian: საიდუმლო (saidumlo) — being or kept hidden
• German: geheim — being or kept hidden
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐍃 (analaugns) — being or kept hidden
• Greek: μυστικός (mystikós) — being or kept hidden
• Ancient Greek: λαθραῖος (lathraîos) — being or kept hidden
• Hebrew: סודי (sodi) — being or kept hidden
• Hiligaynon: likum — being or kept hidden
• Hindi: गुप्त (gupt) — being or kept hidden
• Hindi: रहस्यमय (rahasyamay) — being or kept hidden
• Hindi: छुपा (chupā) — being or kept hidden
• Hindi: पिनहाँ (pinhā̃) — being or kept hidden
• Hungarian: titkos — being or kept hidden
• Icelandic: leynilegur — being or kept hidden
• Ido: sekreta — being or kept hidden
• Indonesian: rahasia — being or kept hidden
• Interlingua: secrete — being or kept hidden
• Irish: rúnda — being or kept hidden
• Italian: segreto — being or kept hidden
• Japanese: 密か (hisoka) — being or kept hidden
• Japanese: 秘密の (himitsu no) — being or kept hidden
• Kaitag: дяян (dəən) — being or kept hidden
• Karachay-Balkar: джашыртын (caşırtın) — being or kept hidden
• Karachay-Balkar: таша (taşa) — being or kept hidden
• Karakalpak: jasırın — being or kept hidden
• Kazakh: жасырын (jasyryn) — being or kept hidden
• Khakas: чабых (çabıx) — being or kept hidden
• Khakas: чазыт (çazıt) — being or kept hidden
• Khakas: чазыттығ (çazıttığ) — being or kept hidden
• Korean: 비밀(秘密)의 (bimir-ui) — being or kept hidden
• Kumyk: яшыртгъын (yaşırtğın) — being or kept hidden
• Kumyk: сырлы (sırlı) — being or kept hidden
• Kumyk: яшырылгьан (yaşırılhan) — being or kept hidden
• Ladin: sucrët — being or kept hidden
• Latin: arcānus — being or kept hidden
• Latin: sēcrētus — being or kept hidden
• Lithuanian: slaptas — being or kept hidden
• Lithuanian: slapta — being or kept hidden
• Luxembourgish: geheim — being or kept hidden
• Luxembourgish: heemlech — being or kept hidden
• Macedonian: таен (taen) — being or kept hidden
• Malay: rahsia — being or kept hidden
• Malayalam: രഹസ്യമായ (rahasyamāya) — being or kept hidden
• Marathi: गुप्त (gupta) — being or kept hidden
• Norman: s'gret — being or kept hidden
• Northern Altai: туйук (tuyuk) — being or kept hidden
• Northern Altai: чабык (čabïk) — being or kept hidden
• Northern Altai: чажыт (čažït) — being or kept hidden
• Northern Altai: чажыттыг (čažïttïg) — being or kept hidden
• Northern Altai: пойында ла (poyïnda la) — being or kept hidden
• Norwegian: hemmelig — being or kept hidden
• Norwegian: skjult — being or kept hidden
• Occitan: secret — being or kept hidden
• Old English: dēagol — being or kept hidden
• Old Norse: leyniligr — being or kept hidden
• Persian: نهانی (nehâni) — being or kept hidden
• Persian: پنهانی (penhâni) — being or kept hidden
• Persian: مخفی (maxfi) — being or kept hidden
• Plautdietsch: heemlich — being or kept hidden
• Polish: sekretny — being or kept hidden
• Polish: tajny — being or kept hidden
• Polish: tajemny — being or kept hidden
• Portuguese: secreto — being or kept hidden
• Romanian: secret — being or kept hidden
• Romanian: secretă — being or kept hidden
• Romanian: tainic — being or kept hidden
• Romanian: tainică — being or kept hidden
• Romansh: secret — being or kept hidden
• Romansh: sacret — being or kept hidden
• Russian: та́йный (tájnyj) — being or kept hidden
• Russian: секре́тный (sekrétnyj) — being or kept hidden
• Russian: потайно́й (potajnój) — being or kept hidden
• Kildin-Sami: пя̄ҋҋт (peaj̥j̥t) — being or kept hidden
• Sanskrit: गुप्त (gupta) — being or kept hidden
• Sanskrit: रहस्य (rahasya) — being or kept hidden
• Scottish Gaelic: dìomhair — being or kept hidden
• Scottish Gaelic: prìobhaideach — being or kept hidden
• Scottish Gaelic: uaigneach — being or kept hidden
• Serbo-Croatian: та̑јнӣ — being or kept hidden
• Serbo-Croatian: скро̀вит — being or kept hidden
• Serbo-Croatian: tȃjnī — being or kept hidden
• Serbo-Croatian: skròvit — being or kept hidden
• Slovak: tajný — being or kept hidden
• Slovene: skriven — being or kept hidden
• Slovene: tajen — being or kept hidden
• Southern Altai: јажытту (ǰažïttu) — being or kept hidden
• Spanish: secreto — being or kept hidden
• Swedish: hemlig — being or kept hidden
• Tagalog: sikreto — being or kept hidden
• Tagalog: lihim — being or kept hidden
• Tagalog: tago — being or kept hidden
• Tagalog: lingid — being or kept hidden
• Tatar: серле (serle) — being or kept hidden
• Tatar: яшерен (yäşeren) — being or kept hidden
• Telugu: రహస్య (rahasya) — being or kept hidden
• Thai: ลับ (láp) — being or kept hidden
• Turkish: gizli — being or kept hidden
• Turkish: saklı — being or kept hidden
• Ottoman Turkish: كیزلو (gizli) — being or kept hidden
• Ottoman Turkish: صاقلو (saklı) — being or kept hidden
• Turkmen: ýaşyryn — being or kept hidden
• Tuvan: чажыт (çajıt) — being or kept hidden
• Ukrainian: тає́мний (tajémnyj) — being or kept hidden
• Ukrainian: потайни́й (potajnýj) — being or kept hidden
• Ukrainian: секре́тний (sekrétnyj) — being or kept hidden
• Uyghur: йошурун (yoshurun) — being or kept hidden
• Uyghur: يوشۇرۇن (yoshurun) — being or kept hidden
• Uzbek: yashirin — being or kept hidden
• Venetan: segreto — being or kept hidden
• Venetan: segret — being or kept hidden
• Venetan: secreto — being or kept hidden
• Vietnamese: bí mật — being or kept hidden
• Volapük: klänik — being or kept hidden
• Walloon: sicret — being or kept hidden
• Walloon: sicrete — being or kept hidden
• Welsh: cyfrin — being or kept hidden
• Welsh: dirgel — being or kept hidden
• Yakut: кистэлэҥнээх (kisteleŋneeq) — being or kept hidden
• Afrikaans: geheim — knowledge that is hidden
• Albanian: sekret — knowledge that is hidden
• American Sign Language: A@Mouth-ThumbBack Contact — knowledge that is hidden
• Amharic: ምስጢር (məsṭir) — knowledge that is hidden
• Arabic: سِرّ (sirr) — knowledge that is hidden
• Arabic: خَفِيَّة (ḵafiyya) — knowledge that is hidden
• Armenian: գաղտնիք (gaġtnikʻ) — knowledge that is hidden
• Asturian: secretu — knowledge that is hidden
• Azerbaijani: sirr — knowledge that is hidden
• Bashkir: сер (ser) — knowledge that is hidden
• Basque: sekretu — knowledge that is hidden
• Belarusian: таямні́ца (tajamníca) — knowledge that is hidden
• Belarusian: та́йна (tájna) — knowledge that is hidden
• Belarusian: сакрэ́т (sakrét) — knowledge that is hidden
• Bengali: রহস্য (rohosśo) — knowledge that is hidden
• Breton: kevrin — knowledge that is hidden
• Bulgarian: та́йна (tájna) — knowledge that is hidden
• Bulgarian: секре́т (sekrét) — knowledge that is hidden
• Burmese: အတွင်းစကား (a.twang:ca.ka:) — knowledge that is hidden
• Catalan: secret — knowledge that is hidden
• Chechen: къайле (qʼajle) — knowledge that is hidden
• Chinese Cantonese: 秘密 (bei3 mat6) — knowledge that is hidden
• Chinese: бими (bimi) — knowledge that is hidden
• Eastern Min Chinese: 秘密 (bé-mĭk) — knowledge that is hidden
• Hakka Chinese: 秘密 (pi-me̍t) — knowledge that is hidden
• Chinese: 秘密 (pì-bi̍t) — knowledge that is hidden
• Chinese Mandarin: 秘密 (mìmì) — knowledge that is hidden
• Wu Chinese: 秘密 (5pi-miq8) — knowledge that is hidden
• Xiang Chinese: 秘密 (bei4 mi6) — knowledge that is hidden
• East Circassian: щэху (śɛxwu) — knowledge that is hidden
• Maore Comorian: siri — knowledge that is hidden
• Crimean Tatar: sır — knowledge that is hidden
• Czech: tajemství — knowledge that is hidden
• Danish: hemmelighed — knowledge that is hidden
• Dutch: geheim — knowledge that is hidden
• Dutch: geheimenis — knowledge that is hidden
• Egyptian: S:t*U30-A-Z9-w-Y1:Z2 (štꜣw) — knowledge that is hidden
• Elfdalian: iemligiet — knowledge that is hidden
• Esperanto: sekreto — knowledge that is hidden
• Estonian: saladus — knowledge that is hidden
• Faroese: loyndarmál — knowledge that is hidden
• Finnish: salaisuus — knowledge that is hidden
• Finnish: sala — knowledge that is hidden
• Finnish: salatieto — knowledge that is hidden
• French: secret — knowledge that is hidden
• Middle French: secret — knowledge that is hidden
• Old French: secret — knowledge that is hidden
• Friulian: segret — knowledge that is hidden
• Friulian: secret — knowledge that is hidden
• Galician: segredo — knowledge that is hidden
• Georgian: საიდუმლო (saidumlo) — knowledge that is hidden
• German: Geheimnis — knowledge that is hidden
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (runa) — knowledge that is hidden
• Greek: μυστικό (mystikó) — knowledge that is hidden
• Greenlandic: isertugaq — knowledge that is hidden
• Hebrew: סוֹד (sod) — knowledge that is hidden
• Hiligaynon: likum — knowledge that is hidden
• Hindi: रहस्य (rahasya) — knowledge that is hidden
• Hindi: राज़ (rāz) — knowledge that is hidden
• Hindi: राज (rāj) — knowledge that is hidden
• Hindi: सेर (ser) — knowledge that is hidden
• Hungarian: titok — knowledge that is hidden
• Icelandic: leyndarmál — knowledge that is hidden
• Ido: sekreto — knowledge that is hidden
• Indonesian: rahasia — knowledge that is hidden
• Indonesian: sir — knowledge that is hidden
• Ingush: къайле (qʼajle) — knowledge that is hidden
• Interlingua: secreto — knowledge that is hidden
• Irish: rún — knowledge that is hidden
• Irish: scéal rúin — knowledge that is hidden
• Old Irish: rún — knowledge that is hidden
• Italian: segreto — knowledge that is hidden
• Japanese: 秘密 (himitsu) — knowledge that is hidden
• Kalmyk: нууц (nuuts) — knowledge that is hidden
• Karachay-Balkar: сыр (sır) — knowledge that is hidden
• Karachay-Balkar: тахса (taxsa) — knowledge that is hidden
• Karachay-Balkar: таша (taşa) — knowledge that is hidden
• Karachay-Balkar: джашырым (caşırım) — knowledge that is hidden
• Kashmiri: سِر (sir) — knowledge that is hidden
• Kashmiri: راز (rāz) — knowledge that is hidden
• Kazakh: құпия (qūpiä) — knowledge that is hidden
• Kazakh: сыр (syr) — knowledge that is hidden
• Khakas: чазыт (çazıt) — knowledge that is hidden
• Khmer: ការសម្ងាត់ (kaa sɑmngat) — knowledge that is hidden
• Korean: 비밀 (bimil) — knowledge that is hidden
• Kumyk: сыр (sır) — knowledge that is hidden
• Kumyk: яшыртгъын (yaşırtğın) — knowledge that is hidden
• Northern Kurdish: raz — knowledge that is hidden
• Northern Kurdish: nehînî — knowledge that is hidden
• Northern Kurdish: surr — knowledge that is hidden
• Kyrgyz: сыр (sır) — knowledge that is hidden
• Lao: ຄວາມລັບ (khuām lap) — knowledge that is hidden
• Latgalian: paslāpums — knowledge that is hidden
• Latin: opertum — knowledge that is hidden
• Latin: sēcrētum — knowledge that is hidden
• Latin: arcānum — knowledge that is hidden
• Latin: mystērium — knowledge that is hidden
• Latin: abscōnsum — knowledge that is hidden
• Latvian: noslēpums — knowledge that is hidden
• Lithuanian: paslaptis — knowledge that is hidden
• Luxembourgish: Geheimnis — knowledge that is hidden
• Luxembourgish: Geheechnes — knowledge that is hidden
• Macedonian: тајна (tajna) — knowledge that is hidden
• Malay: rahsia — knowledge that is hidden
• Malay: sir — knowledge that is hidden
• Maltese: sigriet — knowledge that is hidden
• Manx: folliaght — knowledge that is hidden
• Māori: muna — knowledge that is hidden
• Marathi: गुपित (gupit) — knowledge that is hidden
• Mingrelian: სალამუსო (salamuso) — knowledge that is hidden
• Mongolian: нууц (nuuc) — knowledge that is hidden
• Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠭᠤᠴᠠ (niɣuča) — knowledge that is hidden
• Northern Altai: чажыт (čažït) — knowledge that is hidden
• Norwegian Bokmål: hemmelighet — knowledge that is hidden
• Norwegian Bokmål: løyndom — knowledge that is hidden
• Norwegian Nynorsk: løyndom — knowledge that is hidden
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hemmelegheit — knowledge that is hidden
• Old East Slavic: таина (taina) — knowledge that is hidden
• Old English: dēagolnes — knowledge that is hidden
• Old Norse: rún — knowledge that is hidden
• Old Norse: leynd — knowledge that is hidden
• Oromo: iccitii — knowledge that is hidden
• Pashto: راز (rāz) — knowledge that is hidden
• Pashto: سر (ser) — knowledge that is hidden
• Pashto: نوز (nawz) — knowledge that is hidden
• Iranian Persian: راز (râz) — knowledge that is hidden
• Iranian Persian: سِرّ (serr) — knowledge that is hidden
• Iranian Persian: سِکْرِت (sekret) — knowledge that is hidden
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: siikret — knowledge that is hidden
• Plautdietsch: Jeheemniss — knowledge that is hidden
• Polish: sekret — knowledge that is hidden
• Polish: tajemnica — knowledge that is hidden
• Portuguese: segredo — knowledge that is hidden
• Romanian: secret — knowledge that is hidden
• Romanian: taină — knowledge that is hidden
• Russian: та́йна (tájna) — knowledge that is hidden
• Russian: секре́т (sekrét) — knowledge that is hidden
• Kildin-Sami: пя̄ҋҋт (peaj̥j̥t) — knowledge that is hidden
• Scottish Gaelic: rùn — knowledge that is hidden
• Scottish Gaelic: cagar — knowledge that is hidden
• Serbo-Croatian: та̑јна — knowledge that is hidden
• Serbo-Croatian: tȃjna — knowledge that is hidden
• Sicilian: sicritu — knowledge that is hidden
• Sicilian: sigretu (Italianization) — knowledge that is hidden
• Slovak: tajomstvo — knowledge that is hidden
• Slovene: skrivnost — knowledge that is hidden
• Southern Altai: јажыт (ǰažït) — knowledge that is hidden
• Spanish: secreto — knowledge that is hidden
• Spanish: arcano — knowledge that is hidden
• Swahili: siri — knowledge that is hidden
• Swedish: hemlighet — knowledge that is hidden
• Tagalog: sikreto — knowledge that is hidden
• Tagalog: lihim — knowledge that is hidden
• Tajik: роз (roz) — knowledge that is hidden
• Tajik: сир (sir) — knowledge that is hidden
• Tamil: ரகசியம் (rakaciyam) — knowledge that is hidden
• Tatar: сер (ser) — knowledge that is hidden
• Telugu: రహస్యం (rahasyaṁ) — knowledge that is hidden
• Thai: ความลับ (kwaam-láp) — knowledge that is hidden
• Tibetan: གསང་བ (gsang ba) — knowledge that is hidden
• Turkish: sır — knowledge that is hidden
• Turkish: giz — knowledge that is hidden
• Ottoman Turkish: سر (sır) — knowledge that is hidden
• Turkmen: syr — knowledge that is hidden
• Tuvan: чажыт (çajıt) — knowledge that is hidden
• Ukrainian: тає́мниця (tajémnycja) — knowledge that is hidden
• Ukrainian: секре́т (sekrét) — knowledge that is hidden
• Ukrainian: таїна́ (tajiná) — knowledge that is hidden
• Urdu: راز (rāz) — knowledge that is hidden
• Urdu: سِر (sir) — knowledge that is hidden
• Urdu: سِرّ (sirr) — knowledge that is hidden
• Uyghur: سىر (sir) — knowledge that is hidden
• Uzbek: sir — knowledge that is hidden
• Venetan: secreto — knowledge that is hidden
• Vietnamese: bí mật — knowledge that is hidden
• Vietnamese: điều bí mật — knowledge that is hidden
• Volapük: klän — knowledge that is hidden
• Walloon: sicret — knowledge that is hidden
• Welsh: cyfrinach — knowledge that is hidden
• Wutunhua: sangwa — knowledge that is hidden
• Yakut: кистэлэҥ (kisteleŋ) — knowledge that is hidden
• Yiddish: סוד (sod) — knowledge that is hidden
• Yiddish: סאָד (sod) — knowledge that is hidden
• Zhuang: mimiz — knowledge that is hidden
• Latin: sēcrēta — inaudible prayer, especially after the “orate fratres” at Mass