separate

See also: sepárate

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin separatus, perfect passive participle of separare (“to separate”), from Latin sē- (“apart”) +‎ parō (“prepare”). Displaced Middle English scheden, from Old English scēadan.

PronunciationEdit

• (adjective, noun) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛp(ə)ɹət/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛpəɹeɪt/

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• Hyphenation: sep‧a‧rate

AdjectiveEdit

separate (not comparable)

1. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).

   This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.

2. (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).

   I try to keep my personal life separate from work.

TranslationsEdit

apart from; not connected to

• Afrikaans: geskeide, aparte, afgesonderde
• Arabic: مُنْفَصِل‏‎ (munfaṣil)
• Armenian: առանձին (hy) (aṙanjin), անջատ (hy) (anǰat)
• Bashkir: айырым (ayïrïm), башҡа (bašqa)
• Catalan: separat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分開的, 分开的 (fēnkāi de)

• Dutch: afzonderlijk (nl), gescheiden (nl), afgezonderd (nl), afgezonderde (nl)
• Esperanto: malkuna
• Finnish: erillinen (fi), eri (fi), irtonainen
• French: séparé (fr) m, séparée (fr) f
• Galician: separado
• German: einzeln (de), getrennt (de), separat (de)
• Hindi: अलग (hi) (alag)
• Hungarian: külön (hu), különálló (hu)
• Icelandic: aðkilinn
• Italian: separato (it) m, separata (it) f

• Japanese: 分れた (わかれた, wakareta)
• Korean: 개개의 (gaegae-ui)
• Maori: nahenahe
• Pashto: بېل‏‎ (ps) (bel), جلا‏‎ (ps) (jëlâ)
• Polish: oddzielny (pl), osobny (pl) m
• Portuguese: separado (pt)
• Romanian: separat (ro) m, n, separată f
• Russian: отде́льный (ru) (otdélʹnyj), обосо́бленный (ru) (obosóblennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth
• Spanish: separado (es)
• Swedish: avskild (sv), skiljd (sv), separat (sv)
• Tamil: பிரி (ta) (piri)
• Telugu: విడి (te) (viḍi)
• Turkish: ayrı (tr)
• Urdu: الگ‏‎ (alag)
• Welsh: gwahan

followed by "from": not together with

• Afrikaans: geskei van, apart van, afgesonder van
• Armenian: առանձին (hy) (aṙanjin)
• Bashkir: нимәнән айырым (ayïrïm)
• Catalan: separat
• Czech: samostatný (cs), separátní, oddělený
• Dutch: gescheiden van
• Finnish: erillinen (fi), erillään (adverb)
• French: séparé (fr) m, séparée (fr) f
• Galician: separado
• German: getrennt (de), separat (de)

• Italian: separato (it) m, separata (it) f
• Korean: 별개의 (byeolgae-ui)
• Pashto: بېل‏‎ (ps) (bel)
• Portuguese: separado (pt)
• Russian: разде́льный (ru) (razdélʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth (bho)
• Spanish: separado (es)
• Swedish: skild (sv), separat (sv)
• Telugu: విడి (te) (viḍi)
• Turkish: -den ayrı

VerbEdit

separate (third-person singular simple present separates, present participle separating, simple past and past participle separated)

1. (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.

   Separate the articles from the headings.

2. To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
   • Dryden

     From the fine gold I separate the alloy.

   • Bible, Romans viii. 35

     Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

3. (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
   • 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:

     It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […];  […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.

   If the kids get too noisy, separate them for a few minutes.

4. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.

   The sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring.

5. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
   • Bible, Acts xiii. 2

     Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• separable
• separately
• separation

• separational
• separationism
• separationist

AntonymsEdit

• annex
• combine

TranslationsEdit

disunite something from one thing

• Afrikaans: skei, deel, verdeel
• Arabic: فَصَلَ‏‎ (faṣala)

  Moroccan Arabic: فْرق‏‎ (frəq)

• Armenian: առանձնացնել (hy) (aṙanjnacʿnel), բաժանել (hy) (bažanel), տրոհել (hy) (trohel)
• Aromanian: dispartu
• Bashkir: айырыу (ayïrïw)
• Catalan: separar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分離 (zh), 分离 (zh) (fēnlí), 分開 (zh), 分开 (zh) (fēnkāi), 隔 (zh) (gé)

• Czech: oddělit
• Danish: adskille (da)
• Dutch: scheiden (nl)
• Esperanto: malkunigi
• Finnish: erottaa (fi), irrottaa (fi)
• French: séparer (fr)
• Galician: separar (gl)
• Georgian: დაშლა (dašla), დაცილება (dacileba), მოშორება (mošoreba), ჩამოშორება (čamošoreba), განცალკევება (gancalḳeveba), გამოყოფა (gamoq̇opa)
• German: separieren (de), teilen (de), trennen (de), scheiden (de)
• Greek: χωρίζω (el) (chorízo)

• Hungarian: elválaszt (hu), elkülönít (hu)
• Irish: deighil, scaoil i
• Italian: separare (it)
• Japanese: 切り離す (きりはなす, kirihanasu), 分離する (ja) (ぶんりする, bunri suru)
• Korean: 분리하다 (ko) (bullihada)
• Maori: tiriwā
• Norman: s'pather
• Old English: tōdǣlan, ġetwǣfan
• Polish: oddzielać / oddzielić
• Portuguese: separar (pt)
• Romanian: despărți (ro), separa (ro)
• Russian: отделя́ть (ru) (otdeljátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-dhealaich
• Spanish: separar (es)
• Swedish: avskilja (sv), skilja (sv), dela (sv)
• Telugu: వేరు చేయు (vēru cēyu)
• Turkish: ayırmak (tr)
• Walloon: schåyî (wa)
• ǃXóõ: khàla

cause (things or people) to be separate

• Afrikaans: skei, verdeel
• Armenian: առանձնացնել (hy) (aṙanjnacʿnel), բաժանել (hy) (bažanel), անջատել (hy) (anǰatel)
• Danish: adskille (da)
• Dutch: scheiden (nl)
• Esperanto: malkunigi
• Finnish: erottaa (fi) (toisistaan)
• French: séparer (fr)
• Galician: separar (gl)
• German: separieren (de), unterscheiden (de)
• Maori: wawao (refers to combatants), īheuheu
• Norman: s'pather

• Old English: tōdǣlan, ġetwǣfan
• Polish: rozdzielać / rozdzielić
• Portuguese: separar (pt)
• Romanian: despărți (ro), separa (ro)
• Russian: разделя́ть (ru) (razdeljátʹ), разъединя́ть (ru) (razʺjedinjátʹ), разлуча́ть (ru) (razlučátʹ) (people)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-dhealaich
• Spanish: separar (es), disgregar (es)
• Swedish: dela (sv)
• Telugu: వేరు చేయు (vēru cēyu)
• Turkish: ayırmak (tr)
• ǃXóõ: khàla

divide itself into separate pieces or substances

• Afrikaans: skei
• Dutch: scheiden (nl), zich verdelen, schiften (nl)
• Esperanto: malkuniĝi
• Finnish: erottua, irrota (fi) (of pieces)
• French: se séparer (fr)
• Galician: separarse
• German: sich trennen, auseinanderfallen
• Greek: κόβω (el) (kóvo)
• Japanese: 分かれる (ja) (わかれる, wakareru), 別れる (ja) (わかれる, wakareru)
• Korean: 분리되다 (ko) (bullidoeda)

• Latvian: sadalīties
• Portuguese: separar-se
• Quechua: haytarakuy
• Romanian: separa (ro)
• Russian: разделя́ться (ru) (razdeljátʹsja)
• Spanish: separarse (es)
• Swedish: dela (sv), splittra (sv), söndra (sv)
• Telugu: విడిపోవు (te) (viḍipōvu)
• Turkish: bölmek (tr)

See alsoEdit

• disunite
• disconnect
• divide
• split
• reduce
• subtract

NounEdit

separate (plural separates)

1. (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.

Usage notesEdit

• The spelling is separate (-par-). *Seperate (-per-) is a common misspelling.

AnagramsEdit

• asperate

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GermanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

separate

1. inflected form of separat

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ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

separate

1. second-person plural indicative present of separare
2. second-person plural imperative of separare

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

sēparāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sēparō

ReferencesEdit

• separate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• separate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “separate” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

AdjectiveEdit

separate

1. definite singular of separat
2. plural of separat

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

AdjectiveEdit

separate

1. definite singular of separat
2. plural of separat