separation

See also séparation

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Etymology

Attested in the 15th Century CE; from Old French separation, from Latin separationem.

Noun

separation (plural separations)

1. The act of separating or the condition of being separated.
2. The place at which a division occurs.
3. An interval, gap or space that separates things.
4. (law) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce.

Translations

the act of separating

• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܒܕܠܬܐ (’abdāltā’) f

  Hebrew: אבדלתא (’abdāltā’) f

• Dutch: scheiding (nl) f
• Esperanto: izoleco (eo), izoliteco (eo), apartigo (eo)
• Finnish: erottaminen (fi), erottelu (fi), erotteleminen (fi)
• French: séparation (fr) f
• Galician: separación (gl) f
• German: Trennung (de) f

• Hungarian: elválasztás (hu)
• Irish: deighilt (ga) f, scaradh (ga) m
• Italian: separazione (it) f
• Latin: dissociatio (la) f
• Portuguese: separação (pt) f
• Romanian: separare (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: dealachadh (gd) m

the place at which a division occurs

• Galician: separación (gl) f
• Italian: separazione (it) f

• Portuguese: separação f

an interval, gap or space that separates things

• French: séparation (fr) f
• Galician: separación (gl) f
• Hungarian: távolság (hu), köz (hu)
• Irish: deighilt (ga) f

• Italian: separazione (it) f
• Portuguese: separação f

(law) an agreement terminating a relationship

• Galician: separación (gl) f
• Hungarian: különélés (hu)
• Italian: separazione (it) f

• Portuguese: separação f
• Romanian: divorțare (ro) f, divorț (ro) n

References

• “separation” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

• antioperas
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