bifurcate

See also: bifúrcate

English

WOTD – 8 February 2016

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin bifurcātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪˈfɝkət/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪfɚkeɪt/

Adjective

bifurcate (not comparable)

1. Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
2. Having bifurcations.

Translations

Divided or forked into two; bifurcated

• German: zweizackig
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue:

Having bifurcations.

• German: gegabelt (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Verb

1. (intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
2. (transitive) To cause to bifurcate.

Synonyms

• branch, fork

Related terms

• bifurcation
• trifurcate
• quadfurcated

Translations

divide into two

• Bulgarian: разклонявам се (razklonjavam se), раздвоявам се (razdvojavam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分叉 (zh) (fēnchā)

• French: bifurquer (fr)
• Greek: διακλαδώνομαι (el) (diakladónomai)
• Hungarian: kettéágazik (hu)
• Interlingue:
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: biforcare (it)
• Norwegian: bifurkere
• Portuguese: bifurcar (pt)
• Romanian: bifurca (ro)
• Russian: раздваивать (ru) (razdvaivatʹ)
• Spanish: bifurcar (es)
• Swedish: dela sig, klyva sig

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) bifurcāte

1. vocative masculine singular of bifurcātus