English-French translations for second-class

• de second ordre
  Les citoyens des nouveaux États membres sont non seulement des citoyens de second ordre, mais aussi des citoyens de troisième ordre. Citizens of the new Member States are not only second-class, but even third-class citizens.
  Il ne faudrait pas donner aux nouveaux membres un statut de seconde catégorie, caractérisé par des conditions de second ordre. Membership for the new countries must not be a second-class with poorer terms than for other members.
  Deuxièmement, du fait de la restriction de la libre circulation des travailleurs, les nouveaux Européens sont devenus des citoyens de second ordre. Secondly, the restriction of the free movement of labour makes the new Europeans into second-class citizens.
• de seconde zone
  Il ne peut y avoir d’Européens de première et de seconde zone. There cannot be first- and second-class Europeans.
  Cela perpétue un statut de citoyen de seconde zone. That is perpetuating a second-class citizen status.
  Nous ne pouvons accepter que les chrétiens soient traités comme des citoyens de seconde zone. We cannot agree to Christians being treated as second-class citizens.

Definition of second-class

• Inferior in quality or standing

Examples

• He complained he felt like a second-class citizen, but everyone felt put upon that day.
• Using second-class parts for the repair was false economy because they soon broke and had to be fixed again.
• We shipped the package by second-class postage.

Related words

• second-hand
• second-person
• second-guess
• second-rate
• second-degree
• second-to-last
• second-class citizen
• second-hand information
• second-person plural