detach

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /dɪˈtætʃ/
• (AusE) IPA: /dəˈtætʃ/
• (GenAm) IPA: /dɪˈtætʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ætʃ

Verb

detach (third-person singular simple present detaches, present participle detaching, simple past and past participle detached)

1. To take apart from; to take off.

Antonyms

• attach

Derived terms

• detachable
• detachment

Translations

to take apart or take off

• Bulgarian: отделям (bg) (otdeljam), откачам (bg) (otkačam), отцепвам (bg) (otcepvam)
• Czech: odpojit (cs)
• Estonian: eraldama (et)
• French: détacher (fr)

  Old French: deslier

• German: entfernen (de), ablösen (de), lösen (de), loslösen (de), abtrennen (de), herausnehmen (de), losmachen (de)

• Hungarian: elválaszt (hu), leválaszt (hu), szétválaszt (hu)
• Ido: des-ligar (io), detachar (io) (military)
• Old French: descupler
• Portuguese: destacar (pt)
• Romanian: a detasa (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: odspojiti (sh)
• Spanish: desacoplar (es)