[ˈsiːkrɪt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others
(e.g: how did you guess I'd got a secret plan?)


Phrases:
- in on the secret
- in secret
- make no secret of something

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin secretus (adjective) ‘separate, set apart’, from the verb secernere, from se- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘sift’

[ˈsiːkrɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others
(e.g: a state secret)


Phrases:
- in on the secret
- in secret
- make no secret of something

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin secretus (adjective) ‘separate, set apart’, from the verb secernere, from se- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘sift’