segregate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sēgregātus, perfect passive participle of sēgregō (“I separate”), from sē- (“apart”) + gregō (“I flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious, aggregate.

Pronunciation

• (Adjective):
  • enPR: sĕ'grəgət, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɡɹəɡət/
• (Verb):
  • enPR: sĕ'grəgāt, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɡɹəˌɡeɪt/

Adjective

segregate (comparative more segregate, superlative most segregate)

1. Separate; select.
2. (botany) Separated from others of the same kind.
3. (geology) Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.

Verb

1. (transitive) To separate, especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.

Synonyms

• isolate, separate, sequester, sunder out; see also Thesaurus:segregate

Antonyms

• aggregate

Related terms

• segregation

Translations

to separate

• Catalan: segregar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隔离 (zh) (gélí)

• Dutch: afzonderen (nl)
• Estonian: eraldama
• Finnish: erotella (fi)
• Italian: segregare (it)
• Latin: sēgregō
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whakatāuke
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: segregere (no), (sexes) kjønnsdele

  Nynorsk: segregere, (sexes) kjønnsdele

• Portuguese: segregar (pt)
• Spanish: segregar (es)

Anagrams

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ɡreˈɡa.te/

Verb

segregate

1. second-person plural present indicative of segregare
2. second-person plural imperative of segregare
3. feminine plural of segregato

Anagrams

• saggerete

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seː.ɡreˈɡaː.te/, [s̠eːɡrɛˈɡäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.ɡreˈɡa.te/, [seɡreˈɡäːt̪e]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) sēgregāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sēgregō