segle

See also: sègle

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin saeculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈse̞ɡ.ɡlə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈseɡ.ɡlə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.ɣle]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈseɡ.ɡle]

Noun

segle m (plural segles)

1. century (period of 100 years)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• sègle (pre-2016)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈse̞ɡ.ɡlə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈsɛɡ.ɡlə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.ɣle]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈseɡ.ɡle]

Noun

segle m (plural segles)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of sègol (“rye”)

Further reading

• “segle”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “segle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “segle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “segle”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

segle

1. inflection of segeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From dialectal Norwegian, from Old Norse sigla. A Samnorsk compromise form between Bokmål seile and Nynorsk sigla, introduced in both standards in 1938.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡlə/

Verb

segle (present tense segler, past tense segla or seglet, past participle segla or seglet)

1. (nautical, rare) alternative form of seile (“to sail”)

Related terms

• segl (seil)

References

• “segle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

segle (imperative segl, present tense seglar or segler, simple past segla or seglde, past participle segla or seglt, present participle seglande)

1. alternative form of sigla (“to sail”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsej.le/

Noun

seġle

1. dative singular of seġl

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin saeculum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French siecle.

Noun

segle m (oblique plural segles, nominative singular segles, nominative plural segle)

1. worldly existence (as opposed to heavenly existence)

Descendants

• Catalan: segle
• Occitan: sègle, sècle, siècle

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “saeculum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 11: S–Si, page 44

Slovene

Participle

sẹ́gle

1. feminine plural l-participle of sẹ́či (“to reach”)