Segre

See also: Segré and Segrè

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Sicoris, of uncertain Proto-Celtic origin.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈsə.ɡɾə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ɡɾə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈse.ɡɾe/
  • Hyphenation: Se‧gre

Proper noun

el Segre m

  1. A river in France, Spain and Andorra, an affluent of the Ebro.

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Disputed: it may be derived from French Segré, a municipality in Maine-et-Loire, of uncertain origin; or from Catalan Segre, the name of a river along the French-Spanish border, from Latin Sicoris, of uncertain Proto-Celtic origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ɡre/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡre
  • Hyphenation: Sè‧gre

Proper noun

Segre m or f by sense

  1. a Jewish surname
    Cesare Segre (1928–2014), Italian philologist and semiotician
    Liliana Segre (born 1930), Italian Holocaust survivor

References
  1. Segre in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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