ségrairie

French

Etymology

From Old French segraierie, from segraier (whence ségrayer (“a forest official”)) + -ie, from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius (“an officer charged with forestry duties, a forest official”), from Latin sēcrētus (“separated, taken apart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ɡʁɛ.ʁi/ ~ /se.ɡʁe.ʁi/

Noun

ségrairie f (plural ségrairies)

1. (rare) woodland owned in common

   Synonym: ségrais

Related terms

• ségrayer

Further reading

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