segregate

Etymology
From, perfect passive participle of , from + , from. Compare,.

Adjective

 * 1) Separate; select.
 * 2)  Separated from others of the same kind.
 * 3)  Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction.

Verb

 * 1)  To separate, especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.

Synonyms

 * ,, , ; see also Thesaurus:segregate

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: eraldama
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: sēgregō
 * Maori: whakatāuke
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, kjønnsdele
 * Nynorsk: segregere, kjønnsdele
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) An entity that is separated in some way from a reference group or entity.
 * 2) * 1949, Agriculture Handbook (issue 401, page 171)
 * to determine whether geographic segregates are discernible.