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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é

Latin sē-

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.

Latin parō

Latin sēparō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin sēparātorbor.

English separator

Borrowed from Latin sēparātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛpəˌɹeɪtəɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

separator (plural separators)

2. An object located between two or more things and hence separating them.
   • 1998, Elisa Ferri, Lisa Kenny, Dana Epstein, Style on Hand: Perfect Nail and Skin Care, page 44:

     When applying polish, always use toe separators to keep toes apart.

4. A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.
5. One who separates; an agent performing the action of separating.
   • 1979 December 8, Nancy Walker, “Remembering David Brill”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 15:

     Death, the mystery, the great separator of friend from friend and loved one from loved one

Derived terms

• cyclone separator
• microseparator
• word separator

Translations

an object located between two or more things and hence separating them

• Afrikaans: verdeler
• Bulgarian: разделител m (razdelitel), сепаратор m (separator)
• Finnish: erotin (fi)
• Hungarian: szétválasztó (hu), elválasztó (hu)
• Japanese: 仕切り (ja) (しきり; shikiri)
• Portuguese: separador (pt) m
• Romanian: separator (ro) n
• Swedish: avbalkning c, separator (sv) c

device for removing one substance from another

• Finnish: erotin (fi); separaattori (fi)
• German: Abscheider (de) m
• Japanese: 分離器 (ぶんりき; bunriki)
• Māori: hepareita (for removing cream from milk), pūwhakawehe (computing)
• Norman: machinne à s'pather
• Portuguese: separador (pt) m
• Romanian: separator (ro) n
• Swedish: separator (sv) c

one who separates

• Hungarian: szétválasztó (hu), elválasztó (hu)
• Japanese: 分離者 (ぶんりしゃ; bunrisha)
• Romanian: separator (ro) n
• Swedish: separatör (sv) c, separatorskötare (sv) c

Anagrams

• Paratores, sea parrot, sea-parrot

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é

Latin sē-

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.

Latin parō

Latin sēparō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin sēparātor

From sēparō + -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [seː.paˈraː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [se.paˈraː.tor]

Noun

sēparātor m (genitive sēparātōris); third declension

1. separator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sēparātor	sēparātōrēs
genitive	sēparātōris	sēparātōrum
dative	sēparātōrī	sēparātōribus
accusative	sēparātōrem	sēparātōrēs
ablative	sēparātōre	sēparātōribus
vocative	sēparātor	sēparātōrēs

Descendants

• → English: separator
• → German: Separator
• → Italian: separatore (learned)
• → Portuguese: separador (learned)
• → Spanish: separador (learned)

Verb

sēparātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of sēparō

References

• “separator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “separator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English separator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ.paˈra.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: se‧pa‧ra‧tor

Noun

separator m inan

1. separator (an object located between two or more things and hence separating them)
2. separator (a device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk)
3. (computing) delimiter (unique character or series of characters that indicates the beginning or end of a specific statement, string or function body set)

Declension

Declension of separator

	singular	plural
nominative	separator	separatory
genitive	separatora	separatorów
dative	separatorowi	separatorom
accusative	separator	separatory
instrumental	separatorem	separatorami
locative	separatorze	separatorach
vocative	separatorze	separatory

Further reading

• “separator”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “separator”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “separator”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 67
• separator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French séparateur, from Latin separator.

Noun

separator n (plural separatori)

1. separator

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	separator	separatorul	separatori	separatorile
genitive-dative	separator	separatorului	separatori	separatorilor
vocative	separatorule		separatorilor

Swedish

Noun

separator c

1. separator (for milk)
2. kiln wash (for ceramic or glass fusing oven)

Declension

Declension of separator

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	separator	separators
	definite	separatorn	separatorns
plural	indefinite	separatorer	separatorers
	definite	separatorerna	separatorernas