segregate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin sēgregātus, perfect passive participle of sēgregō (“to separate”), from sē- (“apart”) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious, aggregate. === Pronunciation === (Adjective): enPR: sĕ'grəgət, IPA(key): /ˈsɛɡɹəɡət/ (Verb): enPR: sĕ'grəgāt, IPA(key): /ˈsɛɡɹəˌɡeɪt/ === Adjective === segregate (comparative more segregate, superlative most segregate) Separate; select. (botany) Separated from others of the same kind. (geology) Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction. === Verb === segregate (third-person singular simple present segregates, present participle segregating, simple past and past participle segregated) (transitive) To separate. (transitive) In particular, to separate and organize by characteristics. (intransitive, politics) To separate (races, sexes, or other groups, especially black and white people), especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep them apart. ==== Synonyms ==== isolate, separate, sequester, sunder out; see also Thesaurus:segregate ==== Antonyms ==== aggregate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== segregation ==== Translations ==== === Noun === segregate (plural segregates) An entity that is separated in some way from a reference group or entity. === References === “segregate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Easter egg == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /se.ɡreˈɡa.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: se‧gre‧gà‧te === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== segregate inflection of segregare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== segregate f pl feminine plural of segregato === Anagrams === saggerete == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [seː.ɡrɛˈɡaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [se.ɡreˈɡaː.te] === Verb === sēgregāte second-person plural present active imperative of sēgregō == Spanish == === Verb === segregate second-person singular voseo imperative of segregar combined with te