segmental

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds
  2. adjective having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters

Etymology

From segment + -al.

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