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divorced

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /dɪˈvɔː(ɹ)st/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 V AO1 R S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Cut off, or separated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • divorced from reality

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Legally dissolved.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Mark's parents are divorced.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of divorce

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: separat — separated
  • Danish: adskilt — separated
  • Finnish: erotettu — separated
  • German: getrennt — separated
  • German: losgelöst — separated
  • Hungarian: szétválasztott — separated
  • Hungarian: elkülönített — separated
  • Hungarian: elkülönült — separated
  • Māori: wehe — separated
  • Norwegian Bokmål: adskilt — separated
  • Romanian: desprins — separated
  • Spanish: divorciado — separated
  • Arabic: مُطَلَّق (muṭallaq) — legally dissolved
  • Arabic: مُطَلَّقَة (muṭallaqa) — legally dissolved
  • Belarusian: разве́дзены (razvjédzjeny) — legally dissolved
  • Belarusian: разве́дзеная (razvjédzjenaja) — legally dissolved
  • Bulgarian: разве́ден (razvéden) — legally dissolved
  • Bulgarian: разве́дена (razvédena) — legally dissolved
  • Catalan: divorciat — legally dissolved
  • Danish: opløst — legally dissolved
  • Dutch: gescheiden — legally dissolved
  • French: divorcé — legally dissolved
  • French: divorcée — legally dissolved
  • German: geschieden — legally dissolved
  • Hindi: तलाकशुदा (talākśudā) — legally dissolved
  • Hungarian: elvált — legally dissolved
  • Ido: divorcinta — legally dissolved
  • Italian: divorziato — legally dissolved
  • Māori: wehe — legally dissolved
  • Navajo: ałtsʼátʼáázh — legally dissolved
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fraskilt — legally dissolved
  • Russian: разведённый (razvedjónnyj) — legally dissolved
  • Russian: разведённая (razvedjónnaja) — legally dissolved
  • Slovak: rozvedený — legally dissolved
  • Spanish: divorciado — legally dissolved
  • Ukrainian: розлу́чений (rozlúčenyj) — legally dissolved
  • Ukrainian: розлу́чена (rozlúčena) — legally dissolved
  • Ukrainian: розве́дений (rozvédenyj) — legally dissolved
  • Ukrainian: розве́дена (rozvédena) — legally dissolved
  • Albanian: i divorcuar — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Arabic: مُطَلَّق (muṭallaq) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Arabic: مُطَلَّقَة (muṭallaqa) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Armenian: ամուսնալուծված (amusnalucvac) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Azerbaijani: boşanmış — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Belarusian: разве́дзены (razvjédzjeny) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Belarusian: разве́дзеная (razvjédzjenaja) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Bulgarian: разве́ден (razvéden) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Bulgarian: разве́дена (razvédena) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Catalan: divorciat — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Chinese Mandarin: 離了婚的 /离了婚的 (lí le hūn de) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Chinese Mandarin: 離婚了 /离婚了 (líhūn le) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Czech: rozvedený — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Czech: rozvedená — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Danish: skilt — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Dutch: gescheiden — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Esperanto: divorcinta — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Estonian: lahutatud — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Finnish: eronnut — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • French: divorcé — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • French: divorcée — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Georgian: განქორწინებული (gankorc̣inebuli) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Georgian: გაყრილი (gaq̇rili) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • German: geschieden — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Greek: διαζευγμένος (diazevgménos) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Greek: χωρισμένος (chorisménos) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Hebrew: גרוש \ גָּרוּשׁ (garúsh) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Hindi: तलाक़शुदा (talāqśudā) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Hindi: तलाकशुदा (talākśudā) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Hungarian: elvált — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Icelandic: fráskilinn — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Icelandic: fráskilin — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Indonesian: bercerai — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Irish: colscartha — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Italian: divorziato — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Japanese: 離婚した (rikon shita) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Kazakh: ажырасқан (ajyrasqan) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Korean: 이혼했다 (ihonhaetda) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Korean: 리혼했다 (rihonhaetda) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Kyrgyz: ажырашкан (ajıraşkan) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Latvian: šķīries — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Latvian: šķīrusies — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Lithuanian: išsiskyręs — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Lithuanian: išsiskyrusi — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Macedonian: разведен (razveden) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Macedonian: разведена (razvedena) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Malay: bercerai — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Maltese: divorzjat — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skilt — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Iranian Persian: مُطَلَّق (motallaġ) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Iranian Persian: مُطَلَّقِه (motallaġe) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Iranian Persian: طَلاقگِرِفْتِه (talâġ-gerefte) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Polish: rozwiedziony — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Polish: rozwiedziona — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Portuguese: divorciado — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Romanian: divorțat — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Russian: разведённый (razvedjónnyj) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Russian: разведённая (razvedjónnaja) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Serbo-Croatian: разведен — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Serbo-Croatian: разведена — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Serbo-Croatian: растављен — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Serbo-Croatian: растављена — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Serbo-Croatian: razveden — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Serbo-Croatian: razvedena — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Serbo-Croatian: rastavljen — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Serbo-Croatian: rastavljena — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Slovak: rozvedený — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Slovak: rozvedená — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Slovene: ločen — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Slovene: ločena — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Spanish: divorciado — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Tajik: ҷудошуда (judošuda) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Tajik: талоқшуда (taloqšuda) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Tajik: талоқгирифта (taloqgirifta) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Turkish: boşanmış — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Turkmen: aýrylan — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Ukrainian: розлу́чений (rozlúčenyj) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Ukrainian: розлу́чена (rozlúčena) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Ukrainian: розве́дений (rozvédenyj) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Ukrainian: розве́дена (rozvédena) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Urdu: مُطَلَّق (mutallaq) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Urdu: مُطَلَّقَہ (mutallaqa) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Urdu: طَلاق یافْتَہ (talāq yāfta) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Uyghur: ئاجراشقان (ajrashqan) — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
  • Uzbek: ajrashgan — having had one's marriage legally dissolved
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