segment

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English

Etymology

From Latin 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/

verb

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɛɡˈmɛnt/
• (US) enPR: sĕgʹmĕnt, sĕg-mĕntʹ, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɡmɛnt/, /sɛɡˈmɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

segment (plural segments)

1. A length of some object.

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
3. (mathematics) A portion.
   1. A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.
   2. (geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
   3. (geometry) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
   4. (topology) Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
4. (sciences) A portion.
   1. (phonology) A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
   2. (botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
   3. (zoology) 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. (broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
6. (computing) An Ethernet bus.
7. (computing) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
8. (travel) 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.

Synonyms

• (part or section of a whole): lith
• (straight path): line segment
• (area of a circle): circular segment

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• seven-segment display

Related terms

Translations

Verb

segment (third-person singular simple present segments, present participle segmenting, simple past and past participle segmented)

1. (ambitransitive) To divide into segments or sections.

Hyponyms

• supreme

Derived terms

• self-segment

Translations

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.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin segmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [səɡˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səɡˈment]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seɡˈment]

Noun

segment m (plural segments)

1. segment

Derived terms

• segmentar

Further reading

• “segment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “segment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin segmentum (“cutting”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”)

Noun

segment

1. segment

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French segment, from Latin segmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛxˈmɛnt/
• Hyphenation: seg‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

segment n (plural segmenten, diminutive segmentje n)

1. a segment

Derived terms

• bolsegment
• cirkelsegment
• lijnsegment
• segmentaal
• segmentboog
• segmentrand

Related terms

• sectie
• segmentatie
• segmenteren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: segment
• → West Frisian: segmint

French

Etymology

From Latin segmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡ.mɑ̃/

Noun

segment m (plural segments)

1. segment (all senses)

Descendants

• → Dutch: segment
  • Afrikaans: segment
  • → West Frisian: segmint
• → Romanian: segment
• → Turkish: segment

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin segmentum.

Noun

segment n (definite singular segmentet, indefinite plural segment or segmenter, definite plural segmenta or segmentene)

1. a segment

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin segmentum.

Noun

segment n (definite singular segmentet, indefinite plural segment, definite plural segmenta)

1. a segment

References

• “segment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French segment, from Latin segmentum.

Noun

segment n (plural segmente)

1. segment

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěɡment/
• Hyphenation: seg‧ment

Noun

sègment m (Cyrillic spelling сѐгмент)

1. segment

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin segmentum (“cutting”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈseɡment]
• Hyphenation: seg‧ment

Noun

segment m inan (relational adjective segmentový or segmentálny)

1. segment

Declension

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, 2003–2025