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From Middle English separat, see -ate (“adjective-forming suffix”) and Etymology 1 for more.

From a substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (“noun-forming suffix”) and Etymology 1 for more.

From Middle English separaten (“to separate”), from separat (“separated”) + -en, from Latin sēparātus, perfect passive participle of sēparō (“to separate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from sē- (“apart”) + parō (“prepare”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”). Displaced Middle English scheden, from Old English scēadan (whence English shed). Doublet of sever, also derived from the same Latin verb.

308 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: geskeide — apart from; not connected to
• Afrikaans: aparte — apart from; not connected to
• Afrikaans: afgesonderde — apart from; not connected to
• Afrikaans: separaat — apart from; not connected to
• Afrikaans: afsonderlik — apart from; not connected to
• Southern Altai: башка (baška) — apart from; not connected to
• Arabic: مُنْفَصِل (munfaṣil) — apart from; not connected to
• Arabic: مَفْصول (mafṣūl) — apart from; not connected to
• Arabic: مُفَرَّق (mufarrag) — apart from; not connected to
• Armenian: առանձին (aṙanjin) — apart from; not connected to
• Armenian: անջատ (anǰat) — apart from; not connected to
• Assamese: সুকীয়া (xukia) — apart from; not connected to
• Bashkir: айырым (ayırım) — apart from; not connected to
• Bashkir: башҡа (başqa) — apart from; not connected to
• Belarusian: асо́бны (asóbny) — apart from; not connected to
• Bulgarian: отде́лен (otdélen) — apart from; not connected to
• Catalan: separat — apart from; not connected to
• Chinese Mandarin: 分開的 /分开的 (fēnkāi de) — apart from; not connected to
• Chukchi: янракэн (janrakėn) — apart from; not connected to
• Dutch: afzonderlijk — apart from; not connected to
• Dutch: gescheiden — apart from; not connected to
• Dutch: afgezonderd — apart from; not connected to
• Dutch: afgezonderde — apart from; not connected to
• Dutch: separaat — apart from; not connected to
• Esperanto: malkuna — apart from; not connected to
• Finnish: erillinen — apart from; not connected to
• Finnish: eri — apart from; not connected to
• Finnish: irtonainen — apart from; not connected to
• French: séparé — apart from; not connected to
• French: séparée — apart from; not connected to
• Galician: xebre — apart from; not connected to
• Galician: estremado — apart from; not connected to
• Galician: separado — apart from; not connected to
• Galician: avulso — apart from; not connected to
• German: einzeln — apart from; not connected to
• German: getrennt — apart from; not connected to
• German: separat — apart from; not connected to
• Greek: ξεχωριστός (xechoristós) — apart from; not connected to
• Hindi: अलग (alag) — apart from; not connected to
• Hindi: अलहदा (alahdā) — apart from; not connected to
• Hungarian: külön — apart from; not connected to
• Hungarian: különálló — apart from; not connected to
• Icelandic: aðkilinn — apart from; not connected to
• Interlingua: separate — apart from; not connected to
• Italian: separato — apart from; not connected to
• Italian: separata — apart from; not connected to
• Japanese: 分れた (wakareta) — apart from; not connected to
• Kashmiri: بیٛوٚن (byon) — apart from; not connected to
• Kashmiri: اَلَگ (alag) — apart from; not connected to
• Kashmiri: عَلاحِدٕ (ʿalāhidụ) — apart from; not connected to
• Kashmiri: ژٔٹِتھ (ċạṭith) — apart from; not connected to
• Korean: 개개의 (gaegae'ui) — apart from; not connected to
• Latin: distinctus — apart from; not connected to
• Latin: sēcrētus — apart from; not connected to
• Māori: nahenahe — apart from; not connected to
• Māori: tūwehe — apart from; not connected to
• Pashto: بېل (bel) — apart from; not connected to
• Pashto: جلا (jëlâ) — apart from; not connected to
• Polish: oddzielny — apart from; not connected to
• Polish: osobny — apart from; not connected to
• Portuguese: separado — apart from; not connected to
• Punjabi: ਅਲਹਿਦਾ (alahidā) — apart from; not connected to
• Romanian: separat — apart from; not connected to
• Romanian: separată — apart from; not connected to
• Russian: отде́льный (otdélʹnyj) — apart from; not connected to
• Russian: обосо́бленный (obosóblennyj) — apart from; not connected to
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth — apart from; not connected to
• Spanish: separado — apart from; not connected to
• Swedish: avskild — apart from; not connected to
• Swedish: skiljd — apart from; not connected to
• Swedish: separat — apart from; not connected to
• Tamil: பிரி (piri) — apart from; not connected to
• Telugu: విడి (viḍi) — apart from; not connected to
• Turkish: ayrı — apart from; not connected to
• Ukrainian: окре́мий (okrémyj) — apart from; not connected to
• Urdu: الگ (alag) — apart from; not connected to
• Welsh: gwahan — apart from; not connected to
• Afrikaans: geskei van — followed by "from": not together with
• Afrikaans: apart van — followed by "from": not together with
• Afrikaans: afgesonder van — followed by "from": not together with
• Armenian: առանձին (aṙanjin) — followed by "from": not together with
• Bashkir: нимәнән айырым (nimənən ayırım) — followed by "from": not together with
• Bulgarian: разделен (razdelen) — followed by "from": not together with
• Catalan: separat — followed by "from": not together with
• Czech: samostatný — followed by "from": not together with
• Czech: separátní — followed by "from": not together with
• Czech: oddělený — followed by "from": not together with
• Dutch: gescheiden van — followed by "from": not together with
• Finnish: erillinen — followed by "from": not together with
• Finnish: erillään — followed by "from": not together with
• French: séparé — followed by "from": not together with
• French: séparée — followed by "from": not together with
• Galician: separado — followed by "from": not together with
• German: getrennt — followed by "from": not together with
• German: separat — followed by "from": not together with
• Greek: διαχωρισμένος (diachorisménos) — followed by "from": not together with
• Italian: separato — followed by "from": not together with
• Italian: separata — followed by "from": not together with
• Korean: 별개의 (byeolgae'ui) — followed by "from": not together with
• Pashto: بېل (bel) — followed by "from": not together with
• Portuguese: separado — followed by "from": not together with
• Russian: разде́льный (razdélʹnyj) — followed by "from": not together with
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth (bho) — followed by "from": not together with
• Spanish: separado — followed by "from": not together with
• Swedish: skild — followed by "from": not together with
• Swedish: separat — followed by "from": not together with
• Swedish: åtskild — followed by "from": not together with
• Telugu: విడి (viḍi) — followed by "from": not together with
• Turkish: -den ayrı — followed by "from": not together with
• Ukrainian: розді́льний (rozdílʹnyj) — followed by "from": not together with
• Azerbaijani: bölmək — to divide into separate parts
• Bulgarian: разделям (razdeljam) — to divide into separate parts
• Finnish: erottaa — to divide into separate parts
• Finnish: jakaa — to divide into separate parts
• Galician: xebrar — to divide into separate parts
• Ancient Greek: μερίζω (merízō) — to divide into separate parts
• Hebrew: הפריד (hifríd) — to divide into separate parts
• White Hmong: cais — to divide into separate parts
• Ingrian: eroittaa — to divide into separate parts
• Italian: separare — to divide into separate parts
• Italian: dividere — to divide into separate parts
• Kyrgyz: айыруу (ayıruu) — to divide into separate parts
• Latin: dīvidō — to divide into separate parts
• Latin: sēiungō — to divide into separate parts
• Lutuv: che — to divide into separate parts
• Malayalam: വേർതിരിക്കുക (vēṟtirikkuka) — to divide into separate parts
• Old English: āsundrian — to divide into separate parts
• Persian: جدایدن — to divide into separate parts
• Polabian: afstöŕăl — to divide into separate parts
• Spanish: separar — to divide into separate parts
• Spanish: cisionar — to divide into separate parts
• Tagalog: ihiwalay — to divide into separate parts
• Tocharian B: putk- — to divide into separate parts
• Yakut: атыр (atïr) — to divide into separate parts
• Afrikaans: skei — to disunite, disconnect
• Afrikaans: deel — to disunite, disconnect
• Afrikaans: verdeel — to disunite, disconnect
• Arabic: فَصَلَ (faṣala) — to disunite, disconnect
• Arabic: فْرق (frəq) — to disunite, disconnect
• Armenian: առանձնացնել (aṙanjnacʻnel) — to disunite, disconnect
• Armenian: բաժանել (bažanel) — to disunite, disconnect
• Armenian: տրոհել (trohel) — to disunite, disconnect
• Aromanian: dispartu — to disunite, disconnect
• Azerbaijani: ayırmaq — to disunite, disconnect
• Bashkir: айырыу (ayırıw) — to disunite, disconnect
• Belarusian: аддзяля́ць (addzjaljácʹ) — to disunite, disconnect
• Belarusian: аддзялі́ць (addzjalícʹ) — to disunite, disconnect
• Bulgarian: разглобявам (razglobjavam) — to disunite, disconnect
• Bulgarian: разлагам (razlagam) — to disunite, disconnect
• Catalan: separar — to disunite, disconnect
• Chinese Mandarin: 分離 /分离 (fēnlí) — to disunite, disconnect
• Chinese Mandarin: 分開 /分开 (fēnkāi) — to disunite, disconnect
• Chinese Mandarin: 隔 (gé) — to disunite, disconnect
• Czech: oddělovat — to disunite, disconnect
• Czech: oddělit — to disunite, disconnect
• Danish: adskille — to disunite, disconnect
• Dutch: scheiden — to disunite, disconnect
• Esperanto: malkunigi — to disunite, disconnect
• Finnish: erottaa — to disunite, disconnect
• French: séparer — to disunite, disconnect
• Galician: xebrar — to disunite, disconnect
• Galician: separar — to disunite, disconnect
• Georgian: დაშლა (dašla) — to disunite, disconnect
• Georgian: დაცილება (dacileba) — to disunite, disconnect
• Georgian: მოშორება (mošoreba) — to disunite, disconnect
• Georgian: ჩამოშორება (čamošoreba) — to disunite, disconnect
• Georgian: განცალკევება (gancalḳeveba) — to disunite, disconnect
• Georgian: გამოყოფა (gamoq̇opa) — to disunite, disconnect
• German: trennen — to disunite, disconnect
• German: scheiden — to disunite, disconnect
• German: separieren — to disunite, disconnect
• Greek: χωρίζω (chorízo) — to disunite, disconnect
• Ancient Greek: χωρίζω (khōrízō) — to disunite, disconnect
• Hungarian: elválaszt — to disunite, disconnect
• Hungarian: elkülönít — to disunite, disconnect
• Hungarian: szeparál — to disunite, disconnect
• Interlingua: separar — to disunite, disconnect
• Irish: deighil — to disunite, disconnect
• Irish: scaoil i — to disunite, disconnect
• Italian: separare — to disunite, disconnect
• Japanese: 切り離す (kirihanasu) — to disunite, disconnect
• Japanese: 分離する (bunri suru) — to disunite, disconnect
• Korean: 분리(分離)하다 (bullihada) — to disunite, disconnect
• Lutuv: che — to disunite, disconnect
• Malayalam: വേർതിരിക്കുക (vēṟtirikkuka) — to disunite, disconnect
• Māori: tiriwā — to disunite, disconnect
• Māori: īheuheu — to disunite, disconnect
• Māori: tautoko — to disunite, disconnect
• Nahuatl: caltechoa — to disunite, disconnect
• Nahuatl: xeloa — to disunite, disconnect
• Norman: s'pather — to disunite, disconnect
• Occitan: separar — to disunite, disconnect
• Old English: tōdǣlan — to disunite, disconnect
• Old English: ġetwǣfan — to disunite, disconnect
• Plautdietsch: scheeden — to disunite, disconnect
• Polish: oddzielać — to disunite, disconnect
• Polish: oddzielić — to disunite, disconnect
• Polish: separować — to disunite, disconnect
• Portuguese: separar — to disunite, disconnect
• Romanian: despărți — to disunite, disconnect
• Romanian: separa — to disunite, disconnect
• Russian: отделя́ть (otdeljátʹ) — to disunite, disconnect
• Russian: отдели́ть (otdelítʹ) — to disunite, disconnect
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-dhealaich — to disunite, disconnect
• Sidamo: bada — to disunite, disconnect
• Spanish: separar — to disunite, disconnect
• Swedish: avskilja — to disunite, disconnect
• Swedish: skilja — to disunite, disconnect
• Swedish: dela — to disunite, disconnect
• Telugu: వేరు చేయు (vēru cēyu) — to disunite, disconnect
• Tocharian B: putk- — to disunite, disconnect
• Turkish: ayırmak — to disunite, disconnect
• Ukrainian: відділя́ти (viddiljáty) — to disunite, disconnect
• Ukrainian: відділи́ти (viddilýty) — to disunite, disconnect
• Ukrainian: відокре́млювати (vidokrémljuvaty) — to disunite, disconnect
• Ukrainian: відокре́мити (vidokrémyty) — to disunite, disconnect
• Walloon: schåyî — to disunite, disconnect
• ǃXóõ: khàla — to disunite, disconnect
• Afrikaans: skei — to cause to be separate
• Afrikaans: verdeel — to cause to be separate
• Armenian: առանձնացնել (aṙanjnacʻnel) — to cause to be separate
• Armenian: բաժանել (bažanel) — to cause to be separate
• Armenian: անջատել (anǰatel) — to cause to be separate
• Azerbaijani: ayırmaq — to cause to be separate
• Bulgarian: отделям (otdeljam) — to cause to be separate
• Catalan: separar — to cause to be separate
• Danish: adskille — to cause to be separate
• Danish: afsondre — to cause to be separate
• Dutch: scheiden — to cause to be separate
• Dutch: afzonderen — to cause to be separate
• Esperanto: malkunigi — to cause to be separate
• Finnish: erottaa — to cause to be separate
• French: séparer — to cause to be separate
• Galician: xebrar — to cause to be separate
• Galician: separar — to cause to be separate
• Galician: arredar — to cause to be separate
• German: separieren — to cause to be separate
• German: unterscheiden — to cause to be separate
• German: absondern — to cause to be separate
• Hungarian: elkülönít — to cause to be separate
• Hungarian: szeparál — to cause to be separate
• Indonesian: memisahkan — to cause to be separate
• Interlingua: separar — to cause to be separate
• Malayalam: വേർതിരിക്കുക (vēṟtirikkuka) — to cause to be separate
• Māori: wawao — to cause to be separate
• Māori: īheuheu — to cause to be separate
• Norman: s'pather — to cause to be separate
• Norwegian: skille — to cause to be separate
• Norwegian: avsondre — to cause to be separate
• Occitan: separar — to cause to be separate
• Old English: tōdǣlan — to cause to be separate
• Old English: ġetwǣfan — to cause to be separate
• Polish: rozdzielać — to cause to be separate
• Polish: rozdzielić — to cause to be separate
• Polish: separować — to cause to be separate
• Portuguese: separar — to cause to be separate
• Romanian: despărți — to cause to be separate
• Romanian: separa — to cause to be separate
• Russian: разделя́ть (razdeljátʹ) — to cause to be separate
• Russian: разъединя́ть (razʺjedinjátʹ) — to cause to be separate
• Russian: разлуча́ть (razlučátʹ) — to cause to be separate
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-dhealaich — to cause to be separate
• Spanish: separar — to cause to be separate
• Spanish: disgregar — to cause to be separate
• Spanish: disatraer — to cause to be separate
• Spanish: apartar — to cause to be separate
• Swedish: dela — to cause to be separate
• Swedish: skilja — to cause to be separate
• Swedish: avskilja — to cause to be separate
• Telugu: వేరు చేయు (vēru cēyu) — to cause to be separate
• Turkish: ayırmak — to cause to be separate
• Ukrainian: розділя́ти (rozdiljáty) — to cause to be separate
• ǃXóõ: khàla — to cause to be separate
• Afrikaans: skei — to divide itself
• Dutch: scheiden — to divide itself
• Dutch: zich verdelen — to divide itself
• Dutch: schiften — to divide itself
• Esperanto: malkuniĝi — to divide itself
• Finnish: erottua — to divide itself
• French: se séparer — to divide itself
• Galician: xebrarse — to divide itself
• Galician: escabildarse — to divide itself
• Galician: atagallarse — to divide itself
• Galician: escabardar — to divide itself
• Galician: estrombar — to divide itself
• Galician: arredarse — to divide itself
• German: sich trennen — to divide itself
• German: auseinanderfallen — to divide itself
• Greek: κόβω (kóvo) — to divide itself
• Hungarian: elkülönül — to divide itself
• Japanese: 分かれる (wakareru) — to divide itself
• Japanese: 別れる (wakareru) — to divide itself
• Korean: 분리(分離)되다 (bullidoeda) — to divide itself
• Latvian: sadalīties — to divide itself
• Malayalam: വേർതിരിയുക (vēṟtiriyuka) — to divide itself
• Portuguese: separar-se — to divide itself
• Quechua: haytarakuy — to divide itself
• Romanian: separa — to divide itself
• Russian: разделя́ться (razdeljátʹsja) — to divide itself
• Spanish: separarse — to divide itself
• Swedish: dela — to divide itself
• Swedish: splittra — to divide itself
• Swedish: söndra — to divide itself
• Telugu: విడిపోవు (viḍipōvu) — to divide itself
• Turkish: bölmek — to divide itself
• Ukrainian: розділя́тися (rozdiljátysja) — to divide itself
• Ukrainian: відділя́тися (viddiljátysja) — to divide itself
• Ukrainian: відокре́млюватися (vidokrémljuvatysja) — to divide itself