Segre

See also: Segré and Segrè

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Sicoris, of uncertain Proto-Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛ.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsə.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈse.ɣɾe]
• Hyphenation: Se‧gre

Proper noun

el Segre m

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

Italian

Alternative forms

• Segré, Segrè

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/
• 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