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Is seg a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word seg is a Scrabble US word. The word seg is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is seg a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word seg is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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Yes. The word seg is a Words With Friends word. The word seg is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (1 found)

SEG,

2-letter words (1 found)

ES,

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Definitions and meaning of seg

seg

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Etymology 1

From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”).

Alternative forms

  • segge (obsolete)

Noun

seg (plural segs)

  1. (archaic) A man; warrior; hero.
  2. (UK dialectal) A man; fellow.

Etymology 2

Probably from the root of Latin secāre (“to cut”).

Noun

seg (plural segs)

  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A castrated farm animal.

Etymology 3

Clipping of segregation

Noun

seg (uncountable)

  1. (US prison slang) Segregation
Derived terms
  • ad-seg

Adjective

seg (not comparable)

  1. Designated for people of color
    Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.

Related terms

  • seggie

Etymology 4

Noun

seg (plural segs)

  1. A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear.
    Synonym: blakey
  2. (dialect) A callus, an area of hardened skin.
Coordinate terms
  • hobnail

Etymology 5

See sedge.

Noun

seg

  1. Sedge
  2. Gladen, or other species of Iris

Etymology 6

Noun

seg (plural segs)

  1. (broadcasting) Clipping of segment.

Anagrams

  • EGs, ESG, GSE, gEs

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Verb

seg (present seg, present participle seggende, past participle geseg)

  1. obsolete form of sê

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seː/
    Rhymes: -eː

Pronoun

seg (accusative reflexive)

  1. oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
    • seta seg niður
      to sit down

Declension

References

  • Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. ., 325 ff.)

Kabyle

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səɡ/

Preposition

seg

  1. from

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

seg

  1. alternative form of segge (“sedge”)

Etymology 2

Noun

seg

  1. alternative form of segge (“man”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronoun

seg - reflexive pronoun

  1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
  2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
  3. (with verb) themselves
Derived terms
  • hver for seg
  • være for seg selv
See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • seig

Verb

seg

  1. simple past of sige

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek (accusative of *se-). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swe- (“self”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seːɡ/

Pronoun

seg - reflexive pronoun

  1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
  2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
  3. (with verb) themselves
Derived terms
  • kvar for seg
  • vera for seg sjølv
Related terms
  • sin
  • sær
See also

Etymology 2

Verb

sèg

  1. (non-standard since 1938) imperative of segja

Etymology 3

Verb

seg

  1. imperative of sega

References

  • “seg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Verb

seg

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of segja

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish sēgher, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. Originally in the sense "dripping slowly".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seːɡ/
  • Rhymes: -eːɡ

Adjective

seg (comparative segare, superlative segast)

  1. tough, leathery, rubbery
    Antonym: mör (“tender”)
  2. chewy
  3. slow-witted
  4. slow, boring
  5. tardy
  6. tough (of a person)

Usage notes

Having a viscous or tough consistency, permitting a lot of stretching force without breaking. Basically a simultaneous antonym of runny and tender. Figuratively slowness, tardiness, toughness, and the like.

Declension

Derived terms

  • seg råtta
  • seghet
  • seglivad

Related terms

  • tänja

See also

  • trög

References

  • seg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • seg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • seg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • seg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

  • ges

Tachawit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Preposition

seg

  1. from

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