separation

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• UK, US: /ˌsɛp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
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• Australian: /ˌsep.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: S EH2 P ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Attested in the 15th Century C.E.; from Middle English separacioun, from Old French separacion, from Latin separatio, separationem. Morphologically separate + -ion.

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَفْرِقَة (tafriqa) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Aramaic: אבדלתא (’abdāltā’) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Aramaic: ܐܒܕܠܬܐ (’abdāltā’) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Azerbaijani: ayrılıq — act of disuniting two or more things
• Belarusian: раздзяле́нне (razdzjaljénnje) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Belarusian: аддзяле́нне (addzjaljénnje) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Belarusian: разлу́ка (razlúka) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Belarusian: ростань (róstanʹ) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Bulgarian: отделяне (otdeljane) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Bulgarian: разделяне (razdeljane) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Catalan: separació — act of disuniting two or more things
• Chinese Mandarin: 分割 (fēngē) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Chinese Mandarin: 分離 /分离 (fēnlí) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Czech: separace — act of disuniting two or more things
• Dutch: scheiding — act of disuniting two or more things
• Esperanto: izoleco — act of disuniting two or more things
• Esperanto: izoliteco — act of disuniting two or more things
• Esperanto: apartigo — act of disuniting two or more things
• Finnish: erottaminen — act of disuniting two or more things
• Finnish: erottelu — act of disuniting two or more things
• Finnish: erotteleminen — act of disuniting two or more things
• Finnish: jaotteleminen — act of disuniting two or more things
• Finnish: jaottelu — act of disuniting two or more things
• Finnish: jakaminen — act of disuniting two or more things
• Finnish: jako — act of disuniting two or more things
• French: séparation — act of disuniting two or more things
• Galician: separación — act of disuniting two or more things
• German: Trennung — act of disuniting two or more things
• Ancient Greek: διάστασις (diástasis) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Hebrew: הַבְדָּלָה (havdalá) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Hungarian: elválasztás — act of disuniting two or more things
• Irish: deighilt — act of disuniting two or more things
• Irish: scaradh — act of disuniting two or more things
• Italian: separazione — act of disuniting two or more things
• Japanese: 分離 (bunri) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Korean: 분리 (bulli) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Latin: dissociatio — act of disuniting two or more things
• Norwegian Bokmål: utskillelse — act of disuniting two or more things
• Old English: āsyndrung — act of disuniting two or more things
• Polish: separacja — act of disuniting two or more things
• Polish: oddzielenie — act of disuniting two or more things
• Portuguese: separação — act of disuniting two or more things
• Punjabi: ਅਲਹਿਦਗੀ (alahidgī) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Romanian: separare — act of disuniting two or more things
• Romanian: izolare — act of disuniting two or more things
• Russian: разделе́ние (razdelénije) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Russian: отделе́ние (otdelénije) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Russian: разъедине́ние (razʺjedinénije) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Russian: разлу́ка (razlúka) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Scottish Gaelic: dealachadh — act of disuniting two or more things
• Spanish: separación — act of disuniting two or more things
• Swedish: separation — act of disuniting two or more things
• Swedish: delning — act of disuniting two or more things
• Tocharian B: putkalñe — act of disuniting two or more things
• Tocharian B: tsrālñe — act of disuniting two or more things
• Ukrainian: розді́лення (rozdílennja) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Ukrainian: поді́лення (podílennja) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Ukrainian: роз'є́днання (rozʺjédnannja) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Ukrainian: розлу́ка (rozlúka) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Ukrainian: відокре́млення (vidokrémlennja) — act of disuniting two or more things
• Bulgarian: разделение (razdelenie) — act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another
• Finnish: ero — act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another
• Finnish: erossaolo — act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another
• Ingrian: erahus — act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another
• Punjabi: ਅਲਹਿਦਗੀ (alahidgī) — act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another
• Swedish: separation — act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another
• Finnish: raja — the place at which a division occurs
• Finnish: rajakohta — the place at which a division occurs
• Finnish: raja-alue — the place at which a division occurs
• Finnish: jakokohta — the place at which a division occurs
• Galician: separación — the place at which a division occurs
• Italian: separazione — the place at which a division occurs
• Plautdietsch: Scheedunk — the place at which a division occurs
• Portuguese: separação — the place at which a division occurs
• Swedish: separation — the place at which a division occurs
• Finnish: väli — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• Finnish: rako — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• Finnish: railo — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• Finnish: ero — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• French: séparation — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• Galician: separación — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• Hungarian: távolság — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• Hungarian: köz — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• Irish: deighilt — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• Italian: separazione — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• Plautdietsch: Scheedunk — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• Portuguese: separação — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• Swedish: separation — an interval, gap or space that separates things
• Finnish: asumisero — (law) an agreement terminating a relationship
• Galician: separación — (law) an agreement terminating a relationship
• Hungarian: különélés — (law) an agreement terminating a relationship
• Italian: separazione — (law) an agreement terminating a relationship
• Japanese: 離縁 (rien) — (law) an agreement terminating a relationship
• Polish: separacja — (law) an agreement terminating a relationship
• Portuguese: separação — (law) an agreement terminating a relationship
• Romanian: divorțare — (law) an agreement terminating a relationship
• Romanian: divorț — (law) an agreement terminating a relationship
• Romanian: separare — (law) an agreement terminating a relationship
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-ghearradh — (law) an agreement terminating a relationship