sekúnda

Borrowed from Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta (“second diminished part (of the hour)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːkuntɐ/
  • (Northern Iceland) IPA^(key): [ˈs̠ɛːkuntɐ]
  • (Southern Icelandic) IPA^(key): [ˈs̠ɛːkʰuntɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛːkunta

sekúnda f (genitive singular sekúndu, nominative plural sekúndur)

1. second

• millisekúnda
• míkrósekúnda

• sekúnda in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
• “sekúnda” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)