division

English

20\div 4=5

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁

From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin dīvīsiō, dīvīsiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle dīvīsus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Doublet of divisio.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɪʒən/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

division (countable and uncountable, plural divisions)

(uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
Synonyms: split, lith

Antonyms: combination, fusion, merger, unification
Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
(arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
Antonym: multiplication
(arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.
(military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
Hyponyms: square division, triangular division
A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
(taxonomy) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.
Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.
A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
(government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.
The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without a division. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords.
(music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
(music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
(law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
(computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.
Hyponyms: identification division, environment division, data division, procedure division
(UK, Eton College) A lesson; a class.
Synonym: (informal) div
(Australia) A parliamentary constituency.

Synonyms

(taxonomy): divisio, phylum

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

act or process of dividing anything

Afrikaans: verdeling, divisie (af)
Albanian: ndarje (sq)
Arabic: تَقْسِيم m (taqsīm)
Hijazi Arabic: تَقْسِيم m (tagsīm)
Armenian: բաժանում (hy) (bažanum)
Aromanian: mpãrtãciuni f
Bashkir: бүлеү (bülew)
Bengali: বিভাজন (bn) (bibhajon), তকসিম (bn) (tokśim)
Bulgarian: деле́не (bg) n (deléne), разде́ляне (bg) n (razdéljane)
Catalan: divisió (ca) f
Czech: dělení (cs) n
Danish: deling (da) c
Dutch: deling (nl) f, verdeling (nl) f, scheiding (nl) f
Esperanto: divido, dividado
Finnish: jakaminen (fi), jako (fi)
French: division (fr) f
Galician: división f
German: Teilung (de) f
Greek: διαίρεση (el) f (diaíresi)
Ancient: διαίρεσις f (diaíresis), στάσις (stásis)
Hebrew: חלוקה / חֲלֻקָּה f (khaluká)
Icelandic: skipting f, niðurskipting f, deiling (is) f
Indonesian: divisi (id)
Irish: deighilt f
Italian: divisione (it) f
Japanese: 分割 (ja) (ぶんかつ, bunkatsu)
Korean: 분할(分割) (ko) (bunhal)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دابەش (dabeş)

Northern Kurdish: dabeşbûn (ku)
Kyrgyz: бөлүш (ky) (bölüş)
Latin: dīvīsiō f
Macedonian: делење n (delenje), поделба f (podelba)
Malay: divisi, pembahagian (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: divisjon (no) m, inndeling (no) m or f

Nynorsk: divisjon m, inndeling f
Old English: tōtwǣmednes f, ġedāl n
Persian: تَقْسیم (fa) (taqsim)
Polish: podział (pl) m
Portuguese: divisão (pt) f
Romanian: divizare (ro) f, împărțire (ro) f
Russian: разде́л (ru) m (razdél), деле́ние (ru) n (delénije)
Scots: diveesion
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: podjela (sh) f, dijeljenje (sh) n
Slovene: deljenje n
Spanish: división (es) f
Swahili: ugavi (sw), farakano (sw)
Swedish: division (sv) c
Telugu: విభజన (te) (vibhajana)
Turkish: bölme (tr), bölüm (tr)
Ukrainian: ро́зділ (rózdil), по́діл (pódil), ді́лення (dílennja), розді́лення n (rozdílennja)
Urdu: تَقْسیم f (taqsīm)
West Frisian: yndieling c

each of the parts resulting from division

Afrikaans: gedeelte (af)
Armenian: բաժին (hy) (bažin), բաժանում (hy) (bažanum)
Bashkir: бүлек (bülek)
Bulgarian: част (bg) f (čast), разде́л (bg) m (razdél)
Czech: díl (cs) m
Danish: inddeling c
Dutch: deel (nl) n, gedeelte (nl) n
Finnish: osa (fi)
German: Teil (de) m
Indonesian: bagian (id)
Irish: urrann f
Italian: parte (it) f
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەش (ckb) (beş)
Macedonian: дел m (del)
Malay: bahagian (ms)
Malayalam: വിഭാഗം (ml) (vibhāgaṁ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: inndeling (no) m or f

Nynorsk: inndeling f
Persian: بَخْش (fa) (baxš)
Portuguese: parte (pt) f
Quechua: t'aqa
Romanian: diviziune (ro) f, parte (ro) f
Russian: часть (ru) f (častʹ), разде́л (ru) m (razdél)
Spanish: parte (es) f
Turkish: bölüm (tr), pay (tr)
Ukrainian: части́на (uk) f (častýna), ча́стка (uk) (částka)
West Frisian: ôfdieling c

arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another

Afrikaans: deel (af)
Arabic: قِسْمَة f (qisma)
Hijazi Arabic: قِسْمَة f (gisma), تَقْسِيم m (tagsīm)
Armenian: բաժանում (hy) (bažanum)
Azerbaijani: bölmə (az)
Bashkir: бүлеү (bülew)
Belarusian: дзяле́нне n (dzjaljénnje)
Bengali: ভাগ (bn) (bhag)
Bulgarian: деле́ние (bg) n (delénie)
Catalan: divisió (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 除法 (zh) (chúfǎ)
Czech: dělení (cs) n
Danish: division (da) c
Dutch: deling (nl) f, delen (nl) n
Esperanto: divido
Estonian: jagamine
Finnish: jako (fi), jakaminen (fi)
French: division (fr) f
Georgian: გაყოფა (gaq̇opa)
German: Division (de) f
Greek: διαίρεση (el) f (diaíresi)
Ancient: διαίρεσις f (diaíresis)
Hebrew: חִלּוּק \ חילוק (he) m (khilúk)
Hindi: विभाजन (hi) m (vibhājan)
Hungarian: osztás (hu)
Icelandic: deiling (is) f
Italian: divisione (it) f
Japanese: 割り算 (ja) (わりざん, warizan), 除算 (ja) (じょざん, jozan)
Kazakh: бөлу (bölu)
Khmer: វិធីចែក (km) (vithii caek)
Korean: 나눗셈 (ko) (nanutsem), 나누기 (ko) (nanugi), 제산(除算) (jesan)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دابەش (dabeş)
Kyrgyz: бөлүү (ky) (bölüü)
Latvian: dalīšana f
Lithuanian: dalyba f
Macedonian: делење n (delenje)
Maori: whakawehenga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хуваах үйлдэл (xuvaax üjldel)

Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠶᠠᠬᠤ
ᠦᠶᠢᠯᠡᠳᠦᠯ (qubiyaqu üyiledül)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: divisjon (no) m

Nynorsk: divisjon m
Persian: تَقْسیم (fa) (taqsim)
Polish: dzielenie (pl) n
Portuguese: divisão (pt) f
Quechua: t'ipi
Romanian: împărțire (ro) f
Russian: деле́ние (ru) n (delénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дељење n

Roman: dijéljēnje (sh) n
Slovak: delenie n
Slovene: deljenje n
Spanish: división (es) f
Swedish: division (sv) c
Tagalog: palahatian
Tajik: тақсим (tg) (taqsim)
Tamil: வகுத்தல் (ta) (vakuttal)
Telugu: భాగహారము (te) (bhāgahāramu)
Thai: การหาร (th)
Turkish: bölme (tr)
Ukrainian: ді́лення n (dílennja)
Urdu: تَقْسیم f (taqsīm)
Uzbek: boʻlish (uz), boʻlinish (uz)
Vietnamese: phép chia (vi)
West Frisian: dieling c

arithmetic: calculation involving this process

Afrikaans: deel (af)
Arabic: قِسْمَةٌ f (qismatun)
Hijazi Arabic: قِسْمة f (gisma)
Armenian: բաժանում (hy) (bažanum)
Bashkir: бүлеү (bülew)
Bulgarian: деле́ние (bg) n (delénie)
Czech: dělení (cs) n
Danish: division (da) c
Dutch: deling (nl) f, staartdeling (nl) f
Finnish: jakolasku (fi)
French: division (fr) f
Georgian: გაყოფა (gaq̇opa)
Greek: διαίρεση (el) f (diaíresi)
Korean: 나눗셈 (ko) (nanutsem)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دابەش (dabeş)
Macedonian: делење n (delenje)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: divisjon (no) m

Nynorsk: divisjon m
Persian: تَقْسیم (fa) (taqsim), بَخْش (fa) (baxš)
Polish: dzielenie (pl) n
Portuguese: divisão (pt) f
Romanian: împărțire (ro) f, divizare (ro) f
Russian: деле́ние (ru) n (delénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: dijeljenje (sh) n
Swedish: division (sv) c
Tagalog: palahatian
Turkish: bölme (tr), bölme işlemi (tr)
Ukrainian: ді́лення n (dílennja)
Urdu: تَقْسیم f (taqsīm)
West Frisian: dieling c

large military unit

Afrikaans: afdeling (af), skeiding (af)
Albanian: divizion (sq) m
Arabic: فِرْقَة f (firqa)
Hijazi Arabic: فِرقة f (firga)
Armenian: դիվիզիա (hy) (divizia)
Azerbaijani: diviziya, tümən
Bashkir: дивизия (diviziya)
Belarusian: дыві́зія f (dyvízija)
Bulgarian: диви́зия f (divízija)
Catalan: divisió (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 師團／师团 (si¹ tyun⁴), 師／师 (si¹)

Dungan: дивизия (divizii͡a)

Mandarin: 師團／师团 (zh) (shītuán), 師／师 (zh) (shī)
Czech: divize (cs) f
Danish: division (da) c
Dutch: divisie (nl) f
Esperanto: divizio
Estonian: diviis
Finnish: divisioona (fi)
French: division (fr) f
Georgian: დანაყოფი (danaq̇opi), დივიზია (divizia)
German: Abteilung (de) f, Division (de) f
Greek: μεραρχία (el) f (merarchía)
Ancient: τάγμα n (tágma), ἄγημα n (ágēma)
Hebrew: אֻגְדָּה \ אוגדה f (ugdá), דיוויזיה f (divízya)
Hungarian: hadosztály (hu)
Icelandic: herdeild (is) f, deild (is) f
Indonesian: divisi (id)
Italian: divisione (it) f
Japanese: 師団 (ja) (しだん, shidan)
Kazakh: дивизия (diviziä)
Khmer: កងពលធំ (kɑɑng pŭəl thom)
Korean: 사단(師團) (ko) (sadan)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: فرقە (firqe)
Kyrgyz: дивизия (ky) (diviziya)
Lao: ກອງພົນ (kǭng phon)
Latvian: divīzija f
Lithuanian: divizija f
Macedonian: дивизија f (divizija)
Malay: divisyen
Maori: whare (mi), mātua
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: дивиз (mn) (diviz)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: divisjon (no) m

Nynorsk: divisjon m
Ottoman Turkish: فرقه (fırka)
Persian: لَشْکَر (fa) (laškar), فِرْقِه (fa) (firqe)
Polish: dywizja (pl) f
Portuguese: divisão (pt) f
Romanian: divizie (ro) f
Cyrillic: дивизие f (divizie)
Russian: диви́зия (ru) f (divízija) (in the army), дивизио́н (ru) m (divizión) (in the navy)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: dìvīzija (sh) f (army), divizijun m (navy)

Roman: дѝвӣзија f (army)
Slovak: divízia f
Slovene: divizija (sl) f
Spanish: división (es) f
Swedish: division (sv) c
Tagalog: dibisyon
Tajik: лашкар (laškar), дивизия (diviziya), фирқа (firqa)
Tatar: төмән (tömän), дивизия (diwiziyä)
Telugu: విభాగము (te) sg (vibhāgamu)
Thai: กองพล (th) (gɔɔng-pon)
Turkish: tümen (tr), fırka (tr)
Turkmen: diwiziýa
Ukrainian: диві́зія f (dyvízija)
Uyghur: دىۋىزىيە (diwiziye), شىتۇەن (shituen)
Uzbek: diviziya (uz)
Vietnamese: sư đoàn (vi), sư (vi)
West Frisian: divyzje c
Yiddish: דיוויזיע f (divizye)

section of a large company

Afrikaans: afdeling (af)
Armenian: բաժին (hy) (bažin)
Bengali: বিভাগ (bn) (bibhag)
Bulgarian: подразделе́ние (bg) n (podrazdelénie)
Catalan: divisió (ca) f
Czech: divize (cs) f
Danish: division (da) c, afdeling (da) c
Dutch: afdeling (nl) f, divisie (nl) f, eenheid (nl) f
Finnish: osasto (fi)
French: division (fr) f
Greek: διεύθυνση (el) f (diéfthynsi)
Icelandic: deild (is) f
Indonesian: divisi (id)
Italian: divisione (it) f
Japanese: 部 (ja) (ぶ, bu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەش (ckb) (beş)
Luxembourgish: Andeelung f
Macedonian: оддел m (oddel), одделение n (oddelenie)
Malay: divisyen
Norwegian:
Bokmål: divisjon (no) m

Nynorsk: divisjon m
Portuguese: divisão (pt) f
Romanian: divizie (ro) f
Russian: отде́л (ru) m (otdél), отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije), се́кция (ru) f (sékcija), подразделе́ние (ru) n (podrazdelénije)
Swedish: division (sv) c
Telugu: విభాగము (te) (vibhāgamu)
Ukrainian: ві́дділ m (víddil), відді́лення n (viddílennja), підро́зділ (uk) m (pidrózdil)
Welsh: adran (cy) f
West Frisian: divyzje c

biology: taxonomic classification of plants

Chinese:
Mandarin: 門／门 (zh) (mén)
Czech: oddělení (cs) f
Finnish: kaari (fi), pääjakso (fi)
Icelandic: skipting f, fylking (is) f
Italian: filo (it) m
Khmer: សាខា (km) (saakhaa)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: dabeşbûn (ku) f
Latin: divisio
Macedonian: оддел m (oddel)
Portuguese: divisão (pt) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: divizija (sh) f
Swedish: division (sv) c
Telugu: విభాగము (te) (vibhāgamu)
Ukrainian: ві́дділ m (víddil)
Urdu: تَقْسیم f (taqsīm)
West Frisian: klasse (fy) c

disagreement; a difference of viewpoint

Arabic: فُرْقَة f (furqa)
Finnish: erimielisyys (fi)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍃 f (missaqiss)
Greek: διχόνοια (el) f (dichónoia), διχασμός (el) m (dichasmós)
Hebrew: מַחְלֹקֶת (he) f (makhlóket)
Irish: deighilt f
Italian: divisione (it) f, divario (it) m, frattura (it) f, differenziazione (it) f
Macedonian: поделеност f (podelenost)
Turkish: anlaşmazlık (tr)
Ukrainian: розбі́жність f (rozbížnistʹ), по́діл m (pódil), ро́зділ m (rózdil)
West Frisian: ôfstimming c

law: concept of separate responsibility

Dutch: (van prestasie) deelbaarheid f
Finnish: jako (fi)
Indonesian: pemekaran (id)

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Breton: ^{(please verify)} rannadur m, ^{(please verify)} -ioú pl
Estonian: (1) ^{(please verify)} jagamine

Danish

Noun

division c (singular definite divisionen, plural indefinite divisioner)

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

Declension of division

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	division	divisionen	divisioner	divisionerne
genitive	divisions	divisionens	divisioners	divisionernes

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin divisiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /di.vi.zjɔ̃/
Audio: (file)

Noun

division f (plural divisions)

division (act or process of dividing)
(arithmetic) division
(military) division
division (subsection)

Related terms

diviser

Descendants

→ English: division
→ German: Division
→ Russian: дивизион (divizion)

Middle English

Noun

division

Alternative form of divisioun

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionis, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”).

Noun

division c

division; act of dividing (e.g. numbers); large military unit; section of a company
(sports) division, league; an organization of sports teams that habitually play against each other for a championship; the level on which a certain team plays, as compared to others

Declension

Declension of division
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	division	divisionen	divisioner	divisionerna
Genitive	divisions	divisionens	divisioners	divisionernas

References

division

Contents

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

Further reading

Danish

Noun

Declension

Further reading

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

Swedish

Etymology

Noun

Declension

References