secondarie

Secondarie is the feminine plural form of the Italian adjective secondario, meaning secondary or second. In Italian, the term is used to describe things that are not primary or principal, and it can refer to levels that come after the primary one as well as to institutions.

In education, secondarie commonly appears in phrases describing Italian secondary schools: scuole secondarie. The Italian system is traditionally divided into scuola primaria (primary school) and scuola secondaria, which is further subdivided into scuola secondaria di primo grado (lower secondary, typically called middle school) and scuola secondaria di secondo grado (upper secondary, typically called high school).

As a noun, secondaria is less common; more often the term functions as an adjective. Examples include ruolo secondario (secondary role) and effetti secondari (secondary effects). The word is widely used in Italian discourse to distinguish secondary matters from primary concerns.

Outside Italy, secondarie appears mainly in Italian-language contexts and in discussions of Italian education. The term is not a standard English word and is typically encountered in multilingual texts or translations where Italian terminology is retained.

See also: primary education, secondary education, scuola secondaria di primo grado, scuola secondaria di secondo grado.