"seg" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /sɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seg.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: Clipping of segregation Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|segregation}} Clipping of segregation Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} seg (not comparable)
  1. Designated for people of color Tags: not-comparable Related terms: seggie
    Sense id: en-seg-en-adj-w9HoWaXn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /sɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: segs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{inh|en|enm|segge}} Middle English segge, {{inh|en|ang|seċġ||man, warrior, hero}} Old English seċġ (“man, warrior, hero”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sagi}} Proto-West Germanic *sagi, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sagjaz||follower, retainer, warrior}} Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-||to follow, accompany}} Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”), {{cog|no|segg}} Norwegian segg, {{cog|is|seggur||bully}} Icelandic seggur (“bully”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} seg (plural segs)
  1. (archaic) A man; warrior; hero. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-seg-en-noun-EpHmsOqz
  2. (UK dialectal) A man; fellow. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-seg-en-noun-qQ-jORd1 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: segge [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /sɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: segs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: Probably from the root of Latin secāre (“to cut”). Etymology templates: {{lena}}, {{der|en|la|secāre||to cut}} Latin secāre (“to cut”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} seg (plural segs)
  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A castrated farm animal. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete Categories (lifeform): Cattle
    Sense id: en-seg-en-noun-75Fj3gmF Disambiguation of Cattle: 3 2 4 43 16 15 4 2 4 5 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 5 37 21 19 4 2 2 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 1 4 45 18 12 6 1 3 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /sɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seg.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: Clipping of segregation Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|segregation}} Clipping of segregation Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} seg (uncountable)
  1. (US prison slang) Segregation Tags: US, slang, uncountable Derived forms: ad-seg
    Sense id: en-seg-en-noun-z-7cpPue Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /sɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: segs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Head templates: {{en-noun}} seg (plural segs)
  1. A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear. Synonyms: blakey
    Sense id: en-seg-en-noun-LifcRCIF
  2. (dialect) A callus, an area of hardened skin. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-seg-en-noun-GMpLJLSE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: hobnail
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /sɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seg.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: See sedge. Etymology templates: {{m|en|sedge}} sedge Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} seg
  1. Sedge
    Sense id: en-seg-en-noun-LaIok1Yq
  2. Gladen, or other species of Iris
    Sense id: en-seg-en-noun-KVoeBE6D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Noun

IPA: /sɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: segs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Head templates: {{en-noun}} seg (plural segs)
  1. (broadcasting) Clipping of segment. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: segment Categories (topical): Broadcasting
    Sense id: en-seg-en-noun-LNnlzVdj Topics: broadcasting, media
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1988 July 15, Albert Williams, “Prison Drama”, in Chicago Reader",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-seg.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-seg.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.