separate

English

Etymology

From Latin separatus, perfect passive participle of separare (“separate”), from sepire, saepire (“enclose, hedge in”).

Pronunciation

• (Adjective and noun):
  • enPR: sĕ'pərət, IPA: /ˈsɛp(ə)ɹət/, X-SAMPA: /"sEp(@)r@t/

  • Audio (US), adjective

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• (Verbs):
  • enPR: sĕ'pərāt, IPA: /ˈsɛpəɹeɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"sEp@reIt/

  • Audio (US), verb

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Adjective

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.

Translations

apart from; not connected to

• Afrikaans: geskeide, aparte, afgesonderde
• Arabic: منفصل (ar) (munfáSil)
• Armenian: առանձին (hy) (aṙanjin), անջատ (hy) (anǰat)
• Catalan: separat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分開的 (cmn), 分开的 (cmn) (fēnkāi de)

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

• Italian: separato (it) m, separata (it) f
• Japanese: 分れた (ja) (わかれた, wakareta)
• Korean: 개개의 (ko) (gaegaeui)
• Pashto: بېل (ps) (bel), جلا (ps) (jëlâ)
• Polish: oddzielny, osobny m
• Portuguese: separado (pt)
• Romanian: separat (ro) m and n
• Russian: отдельный (ru) (otdél’nyj), обособленный (ru) (obosóblennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth (gd)
• Spanish: separado (es)
• Swedish: avskild (sv), skiljd (sv), separat (sv)
• Telugu: విడి (viDi)
• Urdu: الگ (ur) (alag)
• Welsh: gwahan (cy)

followed by "from": not together with

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

• Italian: separato (it) m, separata (it) f
• Korean: 별개의 (ko) (byoelgaeui)
• Pashto: بېل (ps) (bel)
• Russian: раздельный (ru) (razdél’nyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth (gd) (bho (gd))
• Spanish: separado (es)
• Swedish: skild (sv), separat (sv)
• Telugu: విడి (viDi)

Verb

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. (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.

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

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

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

Translations

divide (a thing) into separate parts

• Afrikaans: skei, deel, verdeel
• Arabic: فصل (ar) (fáSala)
• Armenian: առանձնացնել (hy) (aṙanjnac'nel), բաժանել (hy) (bažanel)
• Catalan: separar (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: oddělit (cs)
• Danish: adskille (da)
• Dutch: scheiden (nl)
• Esperanto: malkunigi (eo)
• Finnish: erottaa (fi), irrottaa (fi)
• French: séparer (fr)
• German: separieren (de), teilen (de), trennen (de)
• Hungarian: elválaszt (hu), elkülönít (hu)

• Irish: deighil (ga), scaoil i (ga)
• Italian: separare (it)
• Japanese: 分ける (ja) (わける, wakeru)
• Jèrriais: s'pather
• Korean: 분리하다 (ko) (bullihada)
• Old English: tōdǣlan (ang), ġetwǣfan (ang)
• Polish: oddzielać / oddzielić
• Portuguese: separar (pt)
• Romanian: despărți (ro), separa (ro)
• Russian: отделять (ru) (otdelját’)
• Spanish: separar (es)
• Swedish: avskilja (sv), skilja (sv), dela (sv)
• Telugu: వేరు చేయు (vaeru chaeyu)
• ǃXóõ: khàla

cause (things or people) to be separate

• Afrikaans: skei, verdeel
• Armenian: առանձնացնել (hy) (aṙanjnac'nel), բաժանել (hy) (bažanel), անջատել (hy) (anǰatel)
• Danish: adskille (da)
• Dutch: scheiden (nl)
• Esperanto: malkunigi (eo)
• Finnish: erottaa (toisistaan)
• French: séparer (fr)
• German: separieren (de), unterscheiden (de)
• Jèrriais: s'pather

• Old English: tōdǣlan (ang), ġetwǣfan (ang)
• Polish: rozdzielać / rozdzielić
• Romanian: despărți (ro), separa (ro)
• Russian: разделять (ru) (razdelját’), разъединять (ru) (razʺjedinját’), разлучать (ru) (razlučát’) (people)
• Spanish: separar (es), disgregar (es)
• Swedish: dela (sv)
• Telugu: వేరు చేయు (vaeru chaeyu)
• ǃXóõ: khàla

divide itself into separate pieces or substances

• Afrikaans: skei
• Dutch: scheiden, zich verdelen, schiften (nl)
• Esperanto: malkuniĝi (eo)
• Finnish: erottua, irrota (of pieces)
• French: se séparer (fr)
• German: sich trennen, auseinanderfallen
• Japanese: 分かれる (ja) (わかれる, wakareru), 別れる (ja) (わかれる, wakareru)

• Korean: 분리되다 (ko) (bullidoeda)
• Quechua: haytarakuy (qu)
• Romanian: separa (ro)
• Russian: разделяться (ru) (razdelját’sja)
• Spanish: separarse (es)
• Swedish: dela (sv), splittra (sv), söndra (sv)
• Telugu: విడిపోవు (viDipOvu)

Noun

separate (plural separates)

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

Usage notes

• The spelling is separate. *Seperate is a common misspelling.

Anagrams

• asperate

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German

Adjective

separate

1. inflected form of separat

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Italian

Verb form

separate

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

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Latin

Verb

sēparāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sēparō