segmental

English

Etymology

From segment + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡˈmɛntəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

segmental (comparative more segmental, superlative most segmental)

1. of, relating to, or constructed from segments

Derived terms

• asegmental
• bisegmental
• extrasegmental
• heterosegmental
• homosegmental
• intersegmental
• intrasegmental
• midsegmental
• monosegmental
• multisegmental
• myosegmental
• nonsegmental
• plurisegmental
• polysegmental
• segmental analysis
• segmental anesthesia
• segmental arch
• segmental bridge
• segmentalization
• segmentalize
• segmentally
• segmental neuritis
• segmental neuropathy
• suprasegmental
• unisegmental

Translations

of, relating to, or constructed from segments

• Finnish: segmentti-, segmentaalinen
• French: segmental (fr)
• Italian: segmentale
• Spanish: segmental

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

segmental (feminine segmentale, masculine plural segmentaux, feminine plural segmentales)

1. segmental

Further reading

• “segmental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French segmental.

Adjective

segmental m or n (feminine singular segmentală, masculine plural segmentali, feminine/neuter plural segmentale)

1. segmental

Declension

Declension of segmental

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	segmental		segmentală	segmentali	segmentale
	definite	segmentalul		segmentala	segmentalii	segmentalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	segmental		segmentale	segmentali	segmentale
	definite	segmentalului		segmentalei	segmentalilor	segmentalelor

Related terms

• segment

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish segmento

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish segmental

From segmento + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɡmenˈtal/ [seɣ̞.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: seg‧men‧tal

Adjective

segmental m or f (masculine and feminine plural segmentales)

1. segmental

Further reading

• “segmental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025