segle

See also: sègle

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin saeculum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

segle m (plural segles)

1. century (period of 100 years)

Etymology 2

Noun

segle m (plural segles)

1. Alternative form of sègol

Further reading

• “segle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “segle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “segle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “segle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

segle

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of segeln.
2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of segeln.
3. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of segeln.
4. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of segeln.

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Interlingue

Noun

1. sail

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sigla

Verb

segle

1. (nautical) alternative form of seile

References

• “segle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• segla, sigle, sigla

Etymology

From Old Norse sigla. Akin to English sail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɛɡlə/

Verb

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

1. (nautical) to sail

   Skipet seglar til Amerika.

   The ship is sailing to America.

References

• “segle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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

References

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