secondment

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

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.

Anagrams

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