apart

See also: a part and à part

English

Etymology

From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑɹt/, enPR: ə-pärt′

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Adverb

apart (comparative more apart or further apart or farther apart, superlative most apart or furthest apart or farthest apart)

1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
   • 2015, Johnny Rogan, Ray Davies: A Complicated Life:

     We had a large bus and I had two of them at the front and two at the back, and I had to sit in the middle and keep them apart.

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:

     Others apart sat on a hill retired.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 4:3:

     But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.

2. Separately, exclusively, not together.

   Synonyms: independently, separately; see also Thesaurus:individually

   Consider the two propositions apart.

3. In or into two or more parts.

   Synonyms: asunder, in twain; see also Thesaurus:asunder

   We took the computer apart and put it back together.

   • 1980, Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”:

     Love, love will tear us apart, again.

4. To the side; aside.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 1:21:

     Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

   • 1827, John Keble, “The Snow-Drop”, in The Christian Year:

     Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.

Postposition

apart

1. Excluded from consideration.

   Synonym: aside

   Joking apart, what do you think?

Antonyms

• together

Derived terms

terms derived from apart (adverb)

• a breed apart
• apart from
• apartness
• blow apart
• break apart
• come apart
• drift apart
• fall apart
• fly apart
• grow apart
• pick apart
• poles apart
• pull apart
• pull-apart
• rip apart
• set apart
• stand apart
• take apart
• tear apart
• tease apart
• tell apart
• worlds apart

Translations

separately, in regard to space or company

• Bulgarian: настрана (bg) (nastrana), отделно (bg) (otdelno)
• Catalan: a part (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分離地 / 分离地 (zh) (fēnlí de), 分別 / 分别 (zh) (fēnbié), 四分五裂 (zh) (sìfēnwǔliè)

• Dutch: apart (nl)
• Finnish: syrjässä (fi), syrjään
• French: séparé (fr), séparément (fr), à part (fr)
• German: getrennt (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: (Epic) νόσφι (nósphi)

• Hungarian: külön (hu), elkülönülve/elkülönülten (hu)
• Indonesian: terlepas (id)
• Irish: ar leith
• Italian: separatamente (it)
• Japanese: 別々に (ja) (べつべつに, betsubetsu ni)
• Kashubian: apart
• Latin: seorsum, segregatim
• Macedonian: одделно (oddelno)
• Māori: tātahi
• Old English: sundor
• Plautdietsch: enaunda, uteneen
• Polish: osobno (pl)
• Portuguese: à parte (pt)
• Russian: отде́льно (ru) (otdélʹno), врозь (ru) (vrozʹ), по́рознь (ru) (póroznʹ), разде́льно (ru) (razdélʹno)
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth
• Sicilian: sparti
• Spanish: aparte (es), separadamente (es)
• Tocharian B: waiptār,
• Ukrainian: окре́мо (okrémo), осторонь (ostoronʹ)

in a state of separation

• Bulgarian: поотделно (pootdelno)
• Esperanto: aparte
• Finnish: erillään (fi), erilleen (fi), erikseen (fi)
• Hungarian: külön-külön (hu), különválasztva (hu), elkülönítve (hu), egyenként (hu)
• Indonesian: terlepas (id)
• Italian: separatamente (it)
• Kashubian: apart
• Latin: seorsum, segregatim
• Portuguese: à parte (pt), afastado (pt)
• Russian: отде́льно (ru) (otdélʹno), обосо́бленно (ru) (obosóblenno)
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth
• Sicilian: sparti
• Ukrainian: окре́мо (okrémo)

aside; away

• Bulgarian: настрана (bg) (nastrana)
• Catalan: a part (ca)
• Finnish: syrjässä (fi), syrjään
• German: beiseite (de)
• Hungarian: félretéve (hu), félre (hu)
• Kashubian: apart
• Latin: segregatim
• Portuguese: à parte (pt), de lado (pt), distante (pt)
• Russian: прочь (ru) (pročʹ), вон (ru) (von), доло́й (ru) (dolój), в сто́рону (v stóronu)
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth
• Sicilian: sparti, di latu
• Spanish: aparte (es)

in two or more parts; asunder

• Finnish: erillään (fi), erilleen (fi)
• French: en morceaux, en pièces (fr)
• German: entzwei (de), in Stücke
• Hungarian: szét- (hu)
• Italian: a pezzi
• Japanese: ばらばらに (ja) (barabara ni)
• Latin: segregatim
• Russian: на ча́сти (na části), на куски́ (na kuskí)
• Sanskrit: वि (sa) (vi)
• Sicilian: 'n 'ui, a pizzuḍḍi
• Swedish: isär (sv)

Adjective

apart (not comparable)

1. (after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.

   In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.

2. Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
3. Separate, on the side.
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 172:

     The young lover was in waiting, to hand them out of the large substantial carriage, and the first quiet moment that he could find for an apart whisper, said, "What can be the reason that your mother has never taken the slightest notice of my letter?"

Translations

separate

• Esperanto: aparta (eo)

References

“apart”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• prata, rap at

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch apart, from Middle French a part.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpart/

Adjective

apart (attributive aparte, comparative aparter, superlative apartste)

1. separate

Derived terms

• apartheid

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French a part.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈpɑrt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: apart
• Rhymes: -ɑrt

Adjective

apart (comparative aparter, superlative apartst)

1. separate

   Over het algemeen vindt men vier kleuren in een inkjetprinter. Zwart zit bijna altijd in een aparte cartridge, de andere kleuren kunnen ook in één cartridge zitten.

   In general one finds four colors in an inkjet printer. Black is almost always in a separate cartridge, the other colors can also be in a single cartridge.

2. unusual

   Hij draagt zeer aparte hoeden.

   He wears very unusual hats.

Declension

Declension of apart
uninflected	apart
inflected	aparte
comparative	aparter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		apart	aparter	het apartst het apartste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	aparte	apartere	apartste
	n. sing.	apart	aparter	apartste
	plural	aparte	apartere	apartste
definite		aparte	apartere	apartste
partitive		aparts	aparters	—

Derived terms

• apartheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: apart
• Berbice Creole Dutch: apati
• Negerhollands: apart
• → Papiamentu: apart
• → Sranan Tongo: apart, aparti

Anagrams

• praat, raapt

German

Etymology

16th century, from Middle French à part (“separately”). The modern sense follows the French attributive use as in une chose à part (“something of its kind, something exceptional”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpaʁt/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

apart (strong nominative masculine singular aparter, comparative aparter, superlative am apartesten)

1. unusual and distinctive in an appealing way; featuring an exciting mixture of traits or influences

   Synonyms: reizvoll, aufregend

2. (archaic) apart, separate

   Synonyms: einzeln, gesondert, separat, getrennt, abgetrennt

Declension

Positive forms of apart number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist apart sie ist apart es ist apart sie sind apart strong declension (without article) nominative aparter aparte apartes aparte genitive aparten aparter aparten aparter dative apartem aparter apartem aparten accusative aparten aparte apartes aparte weak declension (with definite article) nominative der aparte die aparte das aparte die aparten genitive des aparten der aparten des aparten der aparten dative dem aparten der aparten dem aparten den aparten accusative den aparten die aparte das aparte die aparten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein aparter eine aparte ein apartes (keine) aparten genitive eines aparten einer aparten eines aparten (keiner) aparten dative einem aparten einer aparten einem aparten (keinen) aparten accusative einen aparten eine aparte ein apartes (keine) aparten Comparative forms of apart number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist aparter sie ist aparter es ist aparter sie sind aparter strong declension (without article) nominative aparterer apartere aparteres apartere genitive aparteren aparterer aparteren aparterer dative aparterem aparterer aparterem aparteren accusative aparteren apartere aparteres apartere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der apartere die apartere das apartere die aparteren genitive des aparteren der aparteren des aparteren der aparteren dative dem aparteren der aparteren dem aparteren den aparteren accusative den aparteren die apartere das apartere die aparteren mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein aparterer eine apartere ein aparteres (keine) aparteren genitive eines aparteren einer aparteren eines aparteren (keiner) aparteren dative einem aparteren einer aparteren einem aparteren (keinen) aparteren accusative einen aparteren eine apartere ein aparteres (keine) aparteren Superlative forms of apart number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am apartesten sie ist am apartesten es ist am apartesten sie sind am apartesten strong declension (without article) nominative apartester aparteste apartestes aparteste genitive apartesten apartester apartesten apartester dative apartestem apartester apartestem apartesten accusative apartesten aparteste apartestes aparteste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der aparteste die aparteste das aparteste die apartesten genitive des apartesten der apartesten des apartesten der apartesten dative dem apartesten der apartesten dem apartesten den apartesten accusative den apartesten die aparteste das aparteste die apartesten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein apartester eine aparteste ein apartestes (keine) apartesten genitive eines apartesten einer apartesten eines apartesten (keiner) apartesten dative einem apartesten einer apartesten einem apartesten (keinen) apartesten accusative einen apartesten eine aparteste ein apartestes (keine) apartesten

Related terms

• Apartheid, Apartheit
• Apartment

Descendants

• → Kashubian: apart

Further reading

• “apart” in Duden online
• “apart”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German apart. Compare dialectal Polish apart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.part/
• Rhymes: -apart
• Syllabification: a‧part

Adverb

apart (not comparable)

1. separately

Derived terms

adjective

• apartny

adverb

• apartno

noun

• apartnik
• apartnosc
• apartnota

Descendants

• >? Lithuanian: apart

Further reading

• Sychta, Bernard (1967), “apart”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 6
• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “osobno”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “osobno”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “apart”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latvian

Etymology

From ap- +‎ art (“to plow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [apâɾt]

• Audio:

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Verb

apart (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present aparu, apar, apar, past aparu)

1. (perfective) to till (land, field) by plowing

   apart laukumu, tīrumu ― to plow, till the field

   apart platu joslu ap dārzu ― to plow, till a wide zone around the garden

2. to overturn (an obstacle) while plowing; to overturn (an obstacle) and plow

   apart velēnas, rugājus ― to plow the turf, stubble (after turning it over)

   traktorists ar krūmu arklu apar alkšņus, sīkstus kārklus ― the tractor driver plows through alder bushes and tough osiers with the bush plow

3. to cover (e.g., planted potatoes) with earth by plowing around, by deepening the furrows; to furrow

   bija jāapar kartupeļi, tie zaļoja kā mežs; lai neiznāktu tikai laksti vien, vajadēja lakstus apmest nedaudz ar zemi - to izdarīja spīļu arkls ― it was time to plow around the potatoes, they had grown like a forest; so that not only leaves and stems would come out, it was necessary to throw some earth around them - the jaw plow does that

4. (perfective) to plow around (to change direction around something while plowing; to plow the area around something)

   apart ap dārzu ― to plow around the garden

   art, apart akmenim apkārt ― to plow around the stone, rock

Conjugation

Conjugation of apart (1st)

	indicative (īstenības izteiksme)					imperative (pavēles izteiksme)
		present (tagadne)	past (pagātne)		future (nākotne)
1st person sg	es	aparu	aparu		aparšu	—
2nd person sg	tu	apar	apari		aparsi	apar
3rd person sg	viņš, viņa	apar	apara		apars	lai apar
1st person pl	mēs	aparam	aparām		aparsim	aparsim
2nd person pl	jūs	aparat	aparāt		aparsiet, aparsit	apariet
3rd person pl	viņi, viņas	apar	apara		apars	lai apar
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme)				participles (divdabji)
present	aparot			present active 1 (adj.)		aparošs
past	esot aparis			present active 2 (adv.)		apardams
future	aparšot			present active 3 (adv.)		aparot
imperative	lai aparot			present active 4 (obj.)		aparam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme)				past active		aparis
present	apartu			present passive		aparams
past	būtu aparis			past passive		aparts
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme)				nominal forms
indicative	(būt) jāapar			infinitive (nenoteiksme)		apart
conjunctive 1	esot jāapar			negative infinitive		neapart
conjunctive 2	jāaparot			verbal noun		aparšana

Synonyms

• (till land): uzart
• (plow around): art
• noart
• uzart

Lithuanian

Etymology

Adverbial sense ultimately from German apart, possibly via Kashubian apart and/or dialectal Polish apart (“separately”). Prepositional sense most likely borrowed from English apart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐ¹ˈpɑˑrt]
  • Rhymes: -ɑˑrt
  • Syllabification: a‧párt
• IPA^(key): [ɐ²ˈpɐrˑt]
  • Rhymes: -ɐrˑt
  • Syllabification: a‧par̃t

Preposition

apárt / apar̃t (with genitive) (slang, proscribed)

1. apart from, besides, except

   Synonyms: be, išskyrus

   Apart valgio, tu nieko daugiau nežinai!

   Apart from food, you don't know anything else!

   Apart jo, dar buvo du

   Apart from him, there were two more

Usage notes

• Considered incorrect by the VLKK. It is nonetheless used colloquially.

Adverb

apart

1. (obsolete) separately

   Synonym: skyrium

Further reading

• “apart”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French à part.

Adjective

apart (comparative apartare, superlative apartast)

1. clearly deviating from the norm, peculiar, unique

Usage notes

Often but not always derogatory, like peculiar.

Declension

Inflection of apart

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	apart	apartare	apartast
neuter singular	apart	apartare	apartast
plural	aparta	apartare	apartast
masculine plural2	aparte	apartare	apartast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	aparte	apartare	apartaste
all	aparta	apartare	apartaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• “apart”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “apart”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “apart”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)