sega

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/ˈseɪ.ɡə//ˈsɛ.ɡə/

noun

A genre of popular music mainly associated with Mauritius.

OriginMauritian Creole sega →
CommonScrabble 5
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Meanings

sega1

nounsega (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA genre of popular music mainly associated with Mauritius.

Sega2

nounSega (plural Segas)

plural Segas

  1. trademarkAny of various video game consoles manufactured by Sega, a Japanese video game developer and publisher and manufacturer of arcade games and formerly of video game consoles.

    I would lay in bed for a few hours playing games on my Sega, getting totally absorbed in it as though it were all real and then I would sleep for the rest of the day.

    2007, S. Westwood, Suicide Junkie

SEGA3

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismcomputer graphicsInitialism of Super Extended Graphics Array.

Origin

sega · noun

  1. Mauritian Creolesega
  2. Englishsega

From Mauritian Creole sega, possibly from a Bantu source meaning "dance".

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Sega · noun

  1. Japaneseセガ
  2. EnglishSega

Borrowed from Japanese セガ (Sega), an abbreviation of service games, because the company's earliest products were aimed at American servicemen on military bases.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sega

omegamega
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Anagrams

agessageGaesgeas
Cite this entry
APA

sega. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sega

MLA

“sega.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sega. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sega,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sega.

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