🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

segreto

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /seˈɡrɛ.to/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Secret/ˈsiː.krɪt/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Questo è un segreto tra di noi."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

    "She promised never to tell his secret to anyone."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Kept hidden from general view or knowledge; confidential.

    "They met at a secret location outside the city."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'secret' originates from the Latin 'secretus', meaning 'set apart, hidden', which evolved through Old French 'secret' in the 14th century. Its meaning has shifted over time from a general sense of concealment to specifically referring to information kept from others.

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