differentiate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌdɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/
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• Australian: /dɪf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪt/
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• New-Zealand: /dəf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH2 F ER0 EH1 N SH IY0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: D IH2 F ER0 EH1 N CH IY0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bher- Proto-Indo-European *bhéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentia New Latin differentiō New Latin differentiātusbor. English differentiate From New Latin differentiātus, perfect passive participle of differentiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from Latin differentia (“difference”); see difference.

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَرَّقَ (farraqa) — to show or be the distinction
• Breton: disheñvelaat — to show or be the distinction
• Bulgarian: различа́вам се (različávam se) — to show or be the distinction
• Czech: rozlišovat — to show or be the distinction
• Czech: rozlišit — to show or be the distinction
• Dutch: zich onderscheiden — to show or be the distinction
• Esperanto: diferencigi — to show or be the distinction
• Finnish: erottua — to show or be the distinction
• Finnish: erota — to show or be the distinction
• French: distinguer — to show or be the distinction
• Greek: διαφοροποιώ (diaforopoió) — to show or be the distinction
• Hungarian: megkülönböztet — to show or be the distinction
• Polish: różnić się — to show or be the distinction
• Portuguese: diferenciar — to show or be the distinction
• Portuguese: distinguir — to show or be the distinction
• Russian: отличаться (otličát'sa) — to show or be the distinction
• Spanish: diferenciar — to show or be the distinction
• Swedish: särskilja — to show or be the distinction
• Swedish: skiljs åt — to show or be the distinction
• Arabic: فَرَّقَ (farraqa) — to perceive the difference
• Bulgarian: отличавам се (otličavam se) — to perceive the difference
• Bulgarian: разграничавам се (razgraničavam se) — to perceive the difference
• Czech: rozlišovat — to perceive the difference
• Dutch: onderscheiden — to perceive the difference
• Dutch: differentiëren — to perceive the difference
• Dutch: discrimineren — to perceive the difference
• Esperanto: distingi — to perceive the difference
• Finnish: erottaa — to perceive the difference
• French: distinguer — to perceive the difference
• German: differenzieren — to perceive the difference
• German: unterscheiden — to perceive the difference
• German: diskriminieren — to perceive the difference
• German: den Unterschied erkennen zwischen — to perceive the difference
• Greek: διαφοροποιώ (diaforopoió) — to perceive the difference
• Hebrew: הבדיל (hivdíl) — to perceive the difference
• Hungarian: differenciál — to perceive the difference
• Hungarian: különbséget tesz — to perceive the difference
• Polish: odróżniać — to perceive the difference
• Polish: odróżnić — to perceive the difference
• Portuguese: diferenciar — to perceive the difference
• Portuguese: distinguir — to perceive the difference
• Russian: различать (različát') — to perceive the difference
• Russian: отличать (otličát') — to perceive the difference
• Bulgarian: видоизменям (vidoizmenjam) — to modify, be modified
• Finnish: erilaistaa — to modify, be modified
• Finnish: muuttaa — to modify, be modified
• Finnish: erilaistua — to modify, be modified
• Finnish: muuttua — to modify, be modified
• Polish: różnicować — to modify, be modified
• Polish: zróżnicować — to modify, be modified
• Asturian: derivar — math: to calculate the derivative
• Asturian: calcular la derivada — math: to calculate the derivative
• Bulgarian: диференцирам (diferenciram) — math: to calculate the derivative
• Catalan: derivar — math: to calculate the derivative
• Czech: derivovat — math: to calculate the derivative
• Dutch: afleiden — math: to calculate the derivative
• Finnish: derivoida — math: to calculate the derivative
• French: dériver — math: to calculate the derivative
• Galician: derivar — math: to calculate the derivative
• German: ableiten — math: to calculate the derivative
• Greek: διαφορίζω (diaforízo) — math: to calculate the derivative
• Italian: differenziare — math: to calculate the derivative
• Italian: calcolare la derivata — math: to calculate the derivative
• Māori: whiriwhiri i te pārōnaki — math: to calculate the derivative
• Polish: różniczkować — math: to calculate the derivative
• Portuguese: derivar — math: to calculate the derivative
• Romanian: deriva — math: to calculate the derivative
• Russian: дифференци́ровать (differencírovatʹ) — math: to calculate the derivative
• Spanish: derivar — math: to calculate the derivative
• Swedish: derivera — math: to calculate the derivative
• Swedish: partialderivera — math: to calculate the derivative
• Bulgarian: диференцирам (diferenciram) — math: to calculate the differential
• Dutch: differentiëren — math: to calculate the differential
• Finnish: differentioida — math: to calculate the differential
• French: différencier — math: to calculate the differential
• German: differenzieren — math: to calculate the differential
• Ido: diferencialigar — math: to calculate the differential
• Polish: różniczkować — math: to calculate the differential
• Portuguese: diferenciar — math: to calculate the differential
• Romanian: diferenția — math: to calculate the differential
• Russian: дифференци́ровать (differencírovatʹ) — math: to calculate the differential
• Swedish: differentiera — math: to calculate the differential
• Bulgarian: диференцирам (diferenciram) — biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions
• Dutch: differentiëren — biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions
• Finnish: erilaistua — biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions
• Ido: diferenciar — biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions
• Japanese: 分化する (bunka suru) — biology: to produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions
• Hungarian: differenciál — education: to teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students