seker

See also: Seker, şeker, and şəkər

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zeker, from Middle Dutch seker, from Old Dutch *sikur, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiə̯kər/

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Adjective

seker (attributive sekere or seker, comparative sekerder, superlative sekerste)

1. sure, definite, certain
2. confident, secure

Usage notes

• One should distinguish the attributive adjective from the determiner sekere (“some, a certain”). The determiner always ends in -e, whereas the adjective may have either form: ’n seker(e) oorwinning (“certain victory”).

Derived terms

• sekerlik

Adverb

seker

1. probably, likely

   Synonym: waarskynlik

   Dis seker wat gebeur het.

   That's probably what happened.

   Hy is seker nog by die hospitaal.

   He is likely still at the hospital.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛkɛr]

Noun

seker f

1. genitive plural of sekera

Middle English

Adjective

seker

1. Alternative form of siker

Adverb

seker

1. Alternative form of siker

Zazaki

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).

Noun

seker (šakar)

1. sugar