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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkjʊlə/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈsɛkjələɹ/
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• CMU ARPABET: S EH1 K Y AH0 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), from saeculum.

144 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: laik — not specifically religious
• Arabic: دُنْيَوِيّ (dunyawiyy) — not specifically religious
• Arabic: عَلْمَانِيّ (ʕalmāniyy) — not specifically religious
• Armenian: աշխարհիկ (ašxarhik) — not specifically religious
• Azerbaijani: dünyəvi — not specifically religious
• Belarusian: све́цкі (svjécki) — not specifically religious
• Bulgarian: све́тски (svétski) — not specifically religious
• Bulgarian: ми́рски (mírski) — not specifically religious
• Catalan: secular — not specifically religious
• Catalan: laic — not specifically religious
• Chinese Mandarin: 世俗 (shìsú) — not specifically religious
• Chinese Mandarin: 凡 (fán) — not specifically religious
• Chinese Mandarin: 塵俗 /尘俗 (chénsú) — not specifically religious
• Chinese Mandarin: 非宗教 (fēizōngjiāo) — not specifically religious
• Czech: světský — not specifically religious
• Danish: verdslig — not specifically religious
• Danish: sekulær — not specifically religious
• Dutch: seculier — not specifically religious
• Dutch: wereldlijk — not specifically religious
• Esperanto: sekulara — not specifically religious
• Finnish: maallinen — not specifically religious
• French: séculier — not specifically religious
• French: laïque — not specifically religious
• French: mondain — not specifically religious
• Galician: secular — not specifically religious
• Georgian: სეკულარული (seḳularuli) — not specifically religious
• German: säkular — not specifically religious
• German: weltlich — not specifically religious
• Greek: κοσμικός (kosmikós) — not specifically religious
• Ancient Greek: ἄθεος (átheos) — not specifically religious
• Hebrew: חול (khol) — not specifically religious
• Hebrew: חילוני (khiloní) — not specifically religious
• Hindi: पन्थनिरपेक्ष (panthanirpekṣ) — not specifically religious
• Hungarian: világi — not specifically religious
• Icelandic: veraldlegur — not specifically religious
• Indonesian: sekuler — not specifically religious
• Irish: saolta — not specifically religious
• Irish: tuata — not specifically religious
• Italian: secolare — not specifically religious
• Italian: laico — not specifically religious
• Japanese: 世俗的な (sezokuteki na) — not specifically religious
• Japanese: 世俗の (sezoku no) — not specifically religious
• Japanese: 非宗教的な (hishūkyōteki na) — not specifically religious
• Kazakh: дүниелік (dünielık) — not specifically religious
• Kazakh: дүнияуи (düniäui) — not specifically religious
• Kazakh: зайырлы (zaiyrly) — not specifically religious
• Korean: 세속적 (sesokjeok) — not specifically religious
• Northern Kurdish: sekuler — not specifically religious
• Kyrgyz: дүйнөлүк (düynölük) — not specifically religious
• Lao: ທາງໂລກ (thāng lōk) — not specifically religious
• Latin: profānus — not specifically religious
• Macedonian: светски (svetski) — not specifically religious
• Malay: sekular — not specifically religious
• Malayalam: മതേതര (matētara) — not specifically religious
• Māori: whakawhenua — not specifically religious
• Māori: hāhikore — not specifically religious
• Norman: sétchulyi — not specifically religious
• Norwegian Bokmål: sekulær — not specifically religious
• Persian: دنیوی (donyavi) — not specifically religious
• Persian: سکولار (sekulâr) — not specifically religious
• Polish: świecki — not specifically religious
• Polish: laicki — not specifically religious
• Portuguese: secular — not specifically religious
• Portuguese: laico — not specifically religious
• Romanian: laic — not specifically religious
• Romanian: secular — not specifically religious
• Russian: све́тский (svétskij) — not specifically religious
• Russian: мирско́й (mirskój) — not specifically religious
• Russian: секуля́рный (sekuljárnyj) — not specifically religious
• Scottish Gaelic: saoghalta — not specifically religious
• Serbo-Croatian: светован — not specifically religious
• Serbo-Croatian: свјетован — not specifically religious
• Serbo-Croatian: svetovan — not specifically religious
• Serbo-Croatian: svjetovan — not specifically religious
• Slovak: svetský — not specifically religious
• Slovene: posveten — not specifically religious
• Slovene: sekularen — not specifically religious
• Spanish: seglar — not specifically religious
• Spanish: laico — not specifically religious
• Spanish: mundano — not specifically religious
• Spanish: secular — not specifically religious
• Swedish: sekulär — not specifically religious
• Swedish: världslig — not specifically religious
• Tagalog: banwahanin — not specifically religious
• Tajik: ғайридинӣ (ġayridini) — not specifically religious
• Tajik: дунявӣ (dunyavi) — not specifically religious
• Thai: ทางโลก (taang-lôok) — not specifically religious
• Turkish: seküler — not specifically religious
• Turkish: dünyevi — not specifically religious
• Ottoman Turkish: دنیوی (dünyevi) — not specifically religious
• Turkmen: dünýewi — not specifically religious
• Ukrainian: сві́тський (svítsʹkyj) — not specifically religious
• Ukrainian: мирськи́й (myrsʹkýj) — not specifically religious
• Urdu: دُنیاوی (duniyāvī) — not specifically religious
• Uzbek: dunyoviy — not specifically religious
• Vietnamese: thế tục — not specifically religious
• Yiddish: סעקולער (sekuler) — not specifically religious
• Bulgarian: веко́вен (vekóven) — temporal
• Dutch: tijdelijk — temporal
• Finnish: maallinen — temporal
• Finnish: ajallinen — temporal
• French: séculier — temporal
• Greek: κοσμικός (kosmikós) — temporal
• Indonesian: sekuler — temporal
• Italian: secolare — temporal
• Māori: whakawhenua — temporal
• Norman: sétchulyi — temporal
• Portuguese: secular — temporal
• Scottish Gaelic: saoghalta — temporal
• Spanish: seglar — temporal
• Spanish: secular — temporal
• Czech: světský — not bound by the vows of a monastic order
• Finnish: maallikko- — not bound by the vows of a monastic order
• Indonesian: sekulir — not bound by the vows of a monastic order
• Italian: secolare — not bound by the vows of a monastic order
• Spanish: seglar — not bound by the vows of a monastic order
• Spanish: secular — not bound by the vows of a monastic order
• Finnish: sekulaarinen — happening once in an age or century
• French: séculaire — happening once in an age or century
• Italian: secolare — happening once in an age or century
• Italian: centennale — happening once in an age or century
• Portuguese: secular — happening once in an age or century
• Spanish: secular — happening once in an age or century
• Bulgarian: тра́ен (tráen) — long-term
• Bulgarian: продължи́телен (prodǎlžítelen) — long-term
• Dutch: lange termijn — long-term
• Finnish: pysyvä — long-term
• Finnish: pitkäaikainen — long-term
• Italian: secolare — long-term
• Spanish: secular — long-term
• Swedish: sekulär — long-term
• Swedish: långsamt skeende — long-term
• Finnish: sekulaarinen — astrophysics: of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities
• Italian: secolare — astrophysics: of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities
• Portuguese: secular — astrophysics: of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities
• Finnish: sekulaarinen — atomic physics: unperturbed over time
• Italian: secolare — atomic physics: unperturbed over time
• Finnish: sekulaari — secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules
• Indonesian: sekulir — secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules
• Spanish: seglar — secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules
• Finnish: sekulaari — church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir
• Bulgarian: мирянин (mirjanin) — layman, as distinguished from a clergyman
• Finnish: maallikko — layman, as distinguished from a clergyman
• Italian: secolare — layman, as distinguished from a clergyman