secret

secret
secret
A n
1 (unknown thing) secret m ; to tell sb a secret confier un secret à qn ; to keep a secret garder un secret ; to let sb in on a secret mettre qn dans le secret ; I make no secret of my membership of the party je ne fais pas mystère de mon appartenance au parti ; it's an open secret that… tout le monde sait que… ; there's no secret about who/when/how etc tout le monde sait qui/quand/comment etc ; I have no secrets from my sister je n'ai pas de secrets pour ma sœur ;
2 (key factor) secret m (of de).
B adj [passage, meeting, ingredient] secret/-ète ; [contributor] anonyme ; [admirer, admiration] secret/-ète ; to keep sth secret from sb cacher qch à qn ; to be a secret drinker boire en cachette.
C in secret adv phr gen en secret ; Jur à huis clos.

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