dividual

English

WOTD – 12 October 2010

Etymology

From Latin dividuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɪd͡ʒuəl/

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Adjective

dividual (not comparable)

1. Separate, distinct.
2. Divisible, divided.
   • 1895, George MacDonald, Lilith‎^[1]:

     She began to moan, and sigh deep sighs, then murmur as holding colloquy with a dividual self: her queendom was no longer whole; it was divided against itself.

3. Shared, held in common (with others).
   • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica‎^[2]:

     So that a man may say his religion is now no more within himself, but is become a dividual movable, and goes and comes near him, according as that good man frequents the house.

Derived terms

• dividually
• undividual

 

Translations

separate, distinct

• Finnish: erillinen (fi), erityinen (fi)
• Polish: oddzielny (pl) m
• Russian: отде́льный (ru) (otdélʹnyj)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diviˈdu̯aːl]
• Hyphenation: di‧vi‧du‧al

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Adjective

dividual (strong nominative masculine singular dividualer, not comparable)

1. dividual

Declension

Positive forms of dividual (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist dividual	sie ist dividual	es ist dividual	sie sind dividual
strong declension (without article)	nominative	dividualer	dividuale	dividuales	dividuale
	genitive	dividualen	dividualer	dividualen	dividualer
	dative	dividualem	dividualer	dividualem	dividualen
	accusative	dividualen	dividuale	dividuales	dividuale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der dividuale	die dividuale	das dividuale	die dividualen
	genitive	des dividualen	der dividualen	des dividualen	der dividualen
	dative	dem dividualen	der dividualen	dem dividualen	den dividualen
	accusative	den dividualen	die dividuale	das dividuale	die dividualen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein dividualer	eine dividuale	ein dividuales	(keine) dividualen
	genitive	eines dividualen	einer dividualen	eines dividualen	(keiner) dividualen
	dative	einem dividualen	einer dividualen	einem dividualen	(keinen) dividualen
	accusative	einen dividualen	eine dividuale	ein dividuales	(keine) dividualen