separator

English

Etymology

From separate +‎ -or.

Noun

separator (plural separators)

2. An object located between two or more things and hence separating them.
   • 1998, Elisa Ferri, Lisa Kenny, Dana Epstein, Style on Hand: Perfect Nail and Skin Care, page 44:

     When applying polish, always use toe separators to keep toes apart.

4. A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.
5. One who separates; an agent performing the action of separating.
   • 1979 December 8, Nancy Walker, “Remembering David Brill”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 15:

     Death, the mystery, the great separator of friend from friend and loved one from loved one

Derived terms

• cyclone separator

Translations

an object located between two or more things and hence separating them

• Afrikaans: verdeler
• Bulgarian: разделител m (razdelitel), сепаратор m (separator)
• Finnish: erotin (fi)
• Hungarian: szétválasztó (hu), elválasztó (hu)
• Japanese: 仕切り (ja) (しきり; shikiri)
• Portuguese: separador (pt) m
• Romanian: separator (ro) n
• Swedish: avbalkning c, separator (sv) c

device for removing one substance from another

• Finnish: erotin (fi); separaattori (fi)
• German: Abscheider (de) m
• Japanese: 分離器 (ぶんりき; bunriki)
• Maori: hepareita (for removing cream from milk), pūwhakawehe (computing)
• Norman: machinne à s'pather
• Portuguese: separador (pt) m
• Romanian: separator (ro) n
• Swedish: separator (sv) c

one who separates

• Hungarian: szétválasztó (hu), elválasztó (hu)
• Japanese: 分離者 (ぶんりしゃ; bunrisha)
• Romanian: separator (ro) n
• Swedish: separatör (sv) c, separatorskötare (sv) c

Anagrams

• Paratores, sea parrot, sea-parrot

Latin

Verb

sēparātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of sēparō

References

• “separator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• separator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English separator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ.paˈra.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: se‧pa‧ra‧tor

Noun

separator m inan

1. separator (an object located between two or more things and hence separating them)
2. separator (a device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk)
3. (computing) delimiter (unique character or series of characters that indicates the beginning or end of a specific statement, string or function body set)

Declension

Declension of separator

	singular	plural
nominative	separator	separatory
genitive	seperatora	separatorów
dative	separatorowi	separatorom
accusative	separator	separatory
instrumental	separatorem	separatorami
locative	separatorze	separatorach
vocative	separatorze	separatory

Further reading

• separator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• separator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “separator”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 67
• separator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French séparateur, from Latin separator.

Noun

separator n (plural separatori)

1. separator

Declension

Declension of separator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) separator	separatorul	(niște) separatori	separatorile
genitive/dative	(unui) separator	separatorului	(unor) separatori	separatorilor
vocative	separatorule		separatorilor