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Etymology

Etymology tree
Middle French seconderder.
English second
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English secondment

    From second + -ment.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /səˈkɒn(d)mənt/

    Noun

    secondment (countable and uncountable, plural secondments)

    1. The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.
      Synonym: detail
      • 2020 April 22, Paul Stephen, “COVID-19: meet the railway heroes”, in Rail, page 41:
        Currently on secondment as the Contract Delivery Manager for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, Kate is responsible for 210 members of staff - including train drivers, ground staff and frontline operational managers.

    Translations

    temporary transfer
    • Chinese:
      Mandarin: 臨時調任 / 临时调任 (línshí diàorèn)
    • Dutch: detachering (nl)
    • Finnish: siirto (fi), komennus (fi)
    • French: détachement (fr) m
    • German: Abordnung (de)
    • Indonesian: detasering (id)
    • Italian: distaccamento (it) m
    • Japanese: 出向 (ja) (shukkō)
    • Spanish: comisión de servicio f

    References

    • “secondment”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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