disintegrate

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1785, dis- +‎ integrate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɪntɪɡɹeɪt/

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Verb

1. (transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
   • Kirwan

     Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.

2. (intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.

Synonyms

• (transitive, to cause to break into parts) dismember, dissolve
• (intransitive, to break into one's parts) compost, decay, dissolve

Antonyms

• integrate

Derived terms

• disintegration
• disintegrative
• disintegrator

Translations

cause to break into parts

• Bulgarian: разлагам (bg) (razlagam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (all prefixed by 使 shǐ) 解體／解体 (zh) (jiětǐ), 解体 (zh) (jiětǐ), 瓦解 (zh) (wǎjiě), 瓦解 (zh) (wǎjiě), 崩潰／崩溃 (zh) (bēngkuì), 崩溃 (zh) (bēngkuì), 粉碎 (zh) (fěnsuì), 崩裂 (zh) (bēngliè), 分崩離析／分崩离析 (zh) (fēnbēnglíxī), 分崩离析 (zh) (fēnbēnglíxī)

• Dutch: desintegreren (nl), ontbinden (nl), opbreken (nl)
• Finnish: hajottaa (fi)
• French: désintégrer (fr)
• Georgian: დაშლა (dašla), დაქუცმაცება (dakucmaceba), დანგრევა (dangreva), დეზინტეგრირება (dezinṭegrireba), დეზინტეგრაცია (dezinṭegracia)
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• German: desintegrieren, auflösen (de)
• Latin: dīlābor
• Malay: menyepaikan
• Portuguese: desintegrar (pt)
• Romanian: dezintegra (ro), dezagrega (ro)
• Russian: разлага́ть (ru) impf (razlagátʹ), разложи́ть (ru) pf (razložítʹ)
• Spanish: disgregar (es)

break up into one's parts

• Azerbaijani: dağılmaq (az)
• Bulgarian: разлагам се (razlagam se), разпадам се (razpadam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 解體／解体 (zh) (jiětǐ), 解体 (zh) (jiětǐ), 瓦解 (zh) (wǎjiě), 瓦解 (zh) (wǎjiě), 崩潰／崩溃 (zh) (bēngkuì), 崩溃 (zh) (bēngkuì), 粉碎 (zh) (fěnsuì), 崩裂 (zh) (bēngliè), 分崩離析／分崩离析 (zh) (fēnbēnglíxī), 分崩离析 (zh) (fēnbēnglíxī)

• Danish: opløse, desintegrere
• Dutch: desintegreren (nl), uiteenvallen (nl)
• Finnish: hajota (fi)
• German: sich auflösen (de), zerfallen (de)
• Irish: díscaoil
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• Lithuanian: suskaidymas
• Malay: bersepai
• Polish: rozpadać się (pl) impf, rozpaść się pf
• Portuguese: desintegrar (pt)
• Russian: разлага́ться (ru) impf (razlagátʹsja), разложи́ться (ru) pf (razložítʹsja)
• Slovene: dezintegracija
• Spanish: desintegrar (es)
• Swedish: sönderfalla (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} désintégrer (fr)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} desintegrare
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} desintegrare

Anagrams

• reinstigated

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Italian

Verb

disintegrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of disintegrare
2. second-person plural imperative of disintegrare
3. feminine plural of disintegrato