Etymology

From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#SEGMENT segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

noun

• (UK, US) enPR: sĕgʹmənt, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɡ.mənt/Category:English 2-syllable words#SEGMENTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SEGMENT

  • Audio (Southern England):

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    Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#SEGMENT

verb

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɛɡˈmɛnt/Category:English 2-syllable words#SEGMENTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SEGMENT

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

    Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#SEGMENT
• (US) enPR: sĕgʹmĕnt, sĕg-mĕntʹ, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɡmɛnt/, /sɛɡˈmɛnt/Category:English 2-syllable words#SEGMENTCategory:English 2-syllable words#SEGMENTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SEGMENT
• Rhymes: -ɛntCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛnt#SEGMENTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛnt/2 syllables#SEGMENT

Noun

segment (plural segments)Category:English lemmas#SEGMENTCategory:English nouns#SEGMENTCategory:English countable nouns#SEGMENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with entries#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with 10 entries#SEGMENT

1. A length of some object.

   a segment of ropeCategory:English terms with usage examples#SEGMENT

2. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.

   Synonyms: cleft, clove

   a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leafCategory:English terms with usage examples#SEGMENT

   • 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:

     The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, […] . Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.

     Category:English terms with quotations#SEGMENT

3. (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#SEGMENT) A portion. Category:en:Shapes#SEGMENT
   1. A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.
   2. (geometryCategory:en:Geometry#SEGMENT) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
   3. (geometryCategory:en:Geometry#SEGMENT) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
   4. (topologyCategory:en:Topology#SEGMENT) Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
4. (sciencesCategory:en:Sciences#SEGMENT) A portion.
   1. (phonologyCategory:en:Phonology#SEGMENT) A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
   2. (botanyCategory:en:Botany#SEGMENT) A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
      • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:

        In Lejeuneaceae vegetative branches normally originate from the basiscopic basal portion of a lateral segment half, as in the Radulaceae, and the associated leaves, therefore, are quite unmodified.

        Category:English terms with quotations#SEGMENT

   3. (zoologyCategory:en:Zoology#SEGMENT) One of several parts of an organism, with similar structure, arranged in a chain; such as a vertebra, or a third of an insect's thorax.
5. (broadcastingCategory:en:Broadcasting#SEGMENT) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.

   The news showed a segment on global warming.Category:English terms with usage examples#SEGMENT

   • 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character.

     Category:English terms with quotations#SEGMENT

6. (computingCategory:en:Computing#SEGMENT) An Ethernet bus.
7. (computingCategory:en:Computing#SEGMENT) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
8. (travelCategory:en:Travel#SEGMENT) A portion of an itinerary: it may be a flight or train between two cities, or a car or hotel booked in a particular city.

Verb

segment (third-person singular simple present segments, present participle segmenting, simple past and past participle segmented)Category:English lemmas#SEGMENTCategory:English verbs#SEGMENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with entries#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with 10 entries#SEGMENT

1. (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SEGMENTCategory:English intransitive verbs#SEGMENT) To divide into segments or sections.

   Segment the essay by topic.Category:English terms with usage examples#SEGMENT

Further reading

• “segment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “segment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#SEGMENTCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#SEGMENT segmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [səɡˈmen]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#SEGMENT
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səɡˈment]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#SEGMENT
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seɡˈment]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#SEGMENT

• Audio (Barcelona):

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  Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#SEGMENT

Noun

segment m (plural segments)Category:Catalan lemmas#SEGMENTCategory:Catalan nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Catalan countable nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#SEGMENTCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with entries#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with 10 entries#SEGMENT

1. segment

Further reading

• “segment”, 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
• “segment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “segment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “segment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

LatinCategory:Crimean Tatar terms derived from Latin#SEGMENT segmentum (“cutting”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Crimean Tatar terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SEGMENT *sek- (“to cut”)

Noun

segmentCategory:Crimean Tatar lemmas#SEGMENTCategory:Crimean Tatar nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Crimean Tatar entries with incorrect language header#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with entries#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with 10 entries#SEGMENT

1. segment

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from French#SEGMENTCategory:Dutch terms derived from French#SEGMENT segment, from LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#SEGMENT segmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛxˈmɛnt/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#SEGMENT

• Audio:

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  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#SEGMENT
• Hyphenation: seg‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛntCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt#SEGMENTCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt/2 syllables#SEGMENT

Noun

segment n (plural segmenten, diminutive segmentje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#SEGMENTCategory:Dutch nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#SEGMENTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#SEGMENTCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with entries#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with 10 entries#SEGMENT

1. a segment

Etymology

From LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#SEGMENT segmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡ.mɑ̃/Category:French 2-syllable words#SEGMENTCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#SEGMENT

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#SEGMENT

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#SEGMENT

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#SEGMENT

• Audio (France):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#SEGMENT

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#SEGMENT

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#SEGMENT

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#SEGMENT

Noun

segment m (plural segments)Category:French lemmas#SEGMENTCategory:French nouns#SEGMENTCategory:French countable nouns#SEGMENTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#SEGMENTCategory:French masculine nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with entries#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with 10 entries#SEGMENT

1. segment (all senses)
2. piston ring

Further reading

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

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin#SEGMENT segmentum.

Noun

segment n (definite singular segmentet, indefinite plural segment or segmenter, definite plural segmenta or segmentene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#SEGMENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#SEGMENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with entries#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with 10 entries#SEGMENT

1. a segment

References

• “segment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “segment” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin#SEGMENT segmentum.

Noun

segment n (definite singular segmentet, indefinite plural segment, definite plural segmenta)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#SEGMENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SEGMENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with entries#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with 10 entries#SEGMENT

1. a segment

References

• “segment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#SEGMENTCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#SEGMENT segment, from LatinCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#SEGMENT segmentum.

Noun

segment n (plural segmente)Category:Romanian lemmas#SEGMENTCategory:Romanian nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Romanian countable nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#SEGMENTCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with entries#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with 10 entries#SEGMENT

1. segment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěɡment/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#SEGMENT
• Hyphenation: seg‧ment

Noun

sègment m inan (Cyrillic spelling сѐгмент)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#SEGMENTCategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine inanimate nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#SEGMENTCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Serbo-Croatian inanimate nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with entries#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with 10 entries#SEGMENT

1. segment

Etymology

Derived from LatinCategory:Slovak terms derived from Latin#SEGMENT segmentum (“cutting”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Slovak terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SEGMENT *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɡment/, [ˈseɡment]Category:Slovak 2-syllable words#SEGMENTCategory:Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation#SEGMENT
• Rhymes: -eɡmentCategory:Rhymes:Slovak/eɡment#SEGMENTCategory:Rhymes:Slovak/eɡment/2 syllables#SEGMENT
• Hyphenation: seg‧ment

Noun

segment m inan (relational adjective segmentový or segmentálny)Category:Slovak lemmas#SEGMENTCategory:Slovak nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#SEGMENTCategory:Slovak masculine nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Slovak inanimate nouns#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with entries#SEGMENTCategory:Pages with 10 entries#SEGMENT

1. segment

Further reading

• “segment”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026