separator

English

Etymology

separate +‎ -or

Noun

separator (plural separators)

1. 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.

2. A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.
3. One who separates; an agent performing the action of separating.

Translations

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

• Afrikaans: verdeler
• Finnish: erotin
• Hungarian: szétválasztó, elválasztó (hu)

• Japanese: 仕切り (しきり; shikiri)
• Romanian: separator (ro) n
• Swedish: avbalkning c, separator (sv) c

device for removing one substance from another

• Finnish: erotin; separaattori (fi)
• Japanese: 分離器 (ぶんりき; bunriki)
• Maori: hepareita (for removing cream from milk), pūwhakawehe (computing)

• Norman: machinne à s'pather
• Romanian: separator (ro) n
• Swedish: separator (sv) c

one who separates

• Hungarian: szétválasztó, elválasztó (hu)
• Japanese: 分離者 (ぶんりしゃ; bunrisha)

• Romanian: separator (ro) n
• Swedish: separatör (sv) c, separatorskötare (sv) c

Anagrams

• sea parrot, sea-parrot

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Latin

Verb

sēparātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of sēparō
2. 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