Segre

See also: Segré and Segrè

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Sicoris, of uncertain Proto-Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈsɛ.ɣɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈsə.ɣɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.ɣɾe]
  • Hyphenation: Se‧gre

Proper noun

el Segre m

  1. a tributary of the Ebro in France and Spain

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Disputed: it may be derived from French Segré, a municipality in Maine-et-Loire, of uncertain origin; or from Catalan Segre, the name of a river along the French-Spanish border, from Latin Sicoris, of uncertain Proto-Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ɡre/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡre
  • Hyphenation: Sè‧gre

Proper noun

Segre m or f by sense

  1. a Jewish surname
    Cesare Segre (1928–2014), Italian philologist and semiotician
    Liliana Segre (born 1930), Italian Holocaust survivor

References

  1. ^ Segre in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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