Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secrecy

/ˈsiːkɹəsi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables: se-cre-cy
IPA: /ˈsiːkɹəsi/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The habit of keeping secrets.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I was sworn to secrecy."
"Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either."
"I suspect that this large and complex military railway system, shrouded in official secrecy for most of its operational life, remains unknown to many people."

Etymology

An alteration (on the model of primacy, etc.) of Late Middle English secretee, from Old French secré.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: secretee, secré

Usage

Inflected Forms

secrecies (plural)

Derived Forms

antisecrecy hypersecrecy nonsecrecy semisecrecy supersecrecy

Phrases

professional secrecy secrecy jurisdiction

Frequently Paired Words

secretiveness

Synonyms

dern secretiveness silence privacy privateness concealment

Rhymes With

semisecrecy

Questions

How do you pronounce secrecy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsiːkɹəsi/.
What does secrecy mean?: Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
Where does secrecy come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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