secre

Middle English

Alternative forms

• secree

Noun

secre

1. secret
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3211-3212:

     [...] But to his wyves tolde he his secree,
     Through which he slow him-self, for wrecchednesse.

     [...] But to his wives he told his secret,
     Through which he slew himself for wretchedness.

Spanish

Noun

secre m or f by sense (plural secres)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of secretario, sec (secretary)

Further reading

• “secre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28