segue

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• /ˈsɛɡweɪ/
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• rhymes with -ɛɡweɪ
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• homophone: Segway
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• CMU ARPABET: S EH1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: S EH1 G W EY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Italian segue (“it follows”), from seguire (“to follow”), from Latin sequor; originally a term used in a musical score to indicate that the next movement or passage is to follow without a break. Cognate with Spanish seguir. Doublet of sue. Related to suit and sequence.

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: přechod — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Danish: overgang — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Dutch: overgang — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Dutch: bruggetje — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Finnish: siirtymä — an instance of segueing, a transition
• French: transition — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Galician: transición — an instance of segueing, a transition
• German: Übergang — an instance of segueing, a transition
• German: Überleitung — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Hungarian: átváltás — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Hungarian: átmenet — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Hungarian: átvezetés — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Portuguese: passagem — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Portuguese: transição — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Romanian: tranziție — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Russian: се́гуэ (ségue) — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Russian: пла́вный перехо́д (plávnyj perexód) — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Spanish: transición — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Swedish: övergång — an instance of segueing, a transition
• Czech: volně přecházet — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Czech: volně přejít — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Dutch: van thema wisselen — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Finnish: siirtyä juohevasti — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Finnish: sujuvasti — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Finnish: huomaamatta — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• French: enchaîner — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Galician: encadear — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Galician: ligar — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Galician: enlazar — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• German: überleiten — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• German: wechseln — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Hungarian: átsiklik — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Hungarian: átvált — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Hungarian: áttér — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Portuguese: passar para — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Russian: пла́вно переходи́ть (plávno perexodítʹ) — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Russian: продолжа́ть та́к же (prodolžátʹ ták že) — to move smoothly from one topic to another
• Czech: volně přecházet — music: to move smoothly from one theme to another
• Czech: volně přejít — music: to move smoothly from one theme to another
• Finnish: liukua — music: to move smoothly from one theme to another
• French: enchaîner — music: to move smoothly from one theme to another
• Galician: encadear — music: to move smoothly from one theme to another
• German: überleiten — music: to move smoothly from one theme to another
• Hungarian: átvált — music: to move smoothly from one theme to another
• Finnish: soittaa putkeen — to play a sequence of records without talking in between
• French: enchaîner — to play a sequence of records without talking in between
• Galician: encadear — to play a sequence of records without talking in between