separable

See also: séparable

English

Etymology

From Middle French séparable, from Latin separabilis.

Adjective

separable (comparative more separable, superlative most separable)

1. Able to be separated.
2. (differential equations) Able to be brought to a form where all occurrences of the dependent and the independent variable are on opposite sides of the equal sign.
3. (mathematical analysis, of a topological space) Having a countable dense subset.

Synonyms

• disunitable
• separatable

Antonyms

• (able to be separated): annexable, combinable, inseparable

Derived terms

• separable affix
• separable verb

Related terms

• separability

Translations

able to be separated

• Bulgarian: отделим (bg) (otdelim)
• Catalan: separable
• Dutch: scheidbaar (nl)
• Finnish: separoituva, erottuva
• Galician: separable (gl)
• German: separabel, trennbar (de)
• Hungarian: szétválasztható, elválasztható, (of verbal prefixes) elváló
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: separabile
• Japanese: 切り離せる (きりはなせる, kirihanaseru), 分離できる (ja) (ぶんりできる, bunri dekiru), 可分の (ja) (かぶんの, kabun no)
• Latin: sēparābilis
• Portuguese: separável (pt)
• Russian: отделимый (ru) (otdelimyj)
• Spanish: separable
• Swedish: avtagbar (sv), delbar (sv), separabel (sv)

(differential equations)

• Finnish: separoituva
• German: separierbar, trennbar (de) (less common)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: rozłączny

Anagrams

• bearleaps, parseable, spareable, spearable

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Asturian

Adjective

separable (epicene, plural separables)

1. separable

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sēparābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sə.pəˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [se.paˈɾa.ble]

Adjective

separable m or f (masculine and feminine plural separables)

1. separable

   Antonym: inseparable

Related terms

• separar

Further reading

• “separable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “separable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “separable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “separable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sēparābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sepaˈɾable/ [se.paˈɾa.β̞le]

Adjective

separable m or f (masculine and feminine plural separables)

1. separable, detachable

   Antonym: inseparable

Related terms

• inseparable
• separar

Further reading

• “separable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014