severance

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• UK: /ˈsɛv.ɹəns/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈsɛv.ɚ.əns/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈsɛv.ɹəns/
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From sever + -ance, from Middle English severaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Old French sevrance, from sevrer.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отделяне (otdeljane) — act of severing
• Bulgarian: откъсване (otkǎsvane) — act of severing
• Dutch: scheiding — act of severing
• Dutch: (het) lossnijden — act of severing
• Dutch: (het) los zijn — act of severing
• Finnish: irrottaminen — act of severing
• Finnish: katkaiseminen — act of severing
• German: Scheidung — act of severing
• German: Trennung — act of severing
• Greek: αποκοπή (apokopí) — act of severing
• Hungarian: elvágás — act of severing
• Hungarian: levágás — act of severing
• Hungarian: szétvágás — act of severing
• Hungarian: szétmetszés — act of severing
• Japanese: 切断 (setsudan) — act of severing
• Korean: 절단 (jeoldan) — act of severing
• Polish: oddzielenie — act of severing
• Polish: rozdzielenie — act of severing
• Russian: отделе́ние (otdelénije) — act of severing
• Spanish: truncamiento — act of severing
• Spanish: cercenadura — act of severing
• Spanish: cercenamiento — act of severing
• Bulgarian: разделяне (razdeljane) — separation
• Dutch: scheiding — separation
• Finnish: ero — separation
• Gallurese: mutzatura — separation
• German: Trennung — separation
• Greek: αποκοπή (apokopí) — separation
• Greek: διαχωρισμός (diachorismós) — separation
• Hungarian: elválasztás — separation
• Hungarian: szétválasztás — separation
• Hungarian: különválasztás — separation
• Hungarian: elkülönítés — separation
• Hungarian: megszakítás — separation
• Hungarian: elszakadás — separation
• Hungarian: különválás — separation
• Hungarian: kettéválás — separation
• Hungarian: elkülönülés — separation
• Italian: separazione — separation
• Japanese: 分離 (bunri) — separation
• Korean: 분리 (bulli) — separation
• Polish: separacja — separation
• Polish: odseparowanie — separation
• Russian: отделе́ние (otdelénije) — separation
• Russian: разрыв (razrýv) — separation
• Campidanese Sardinian: truncamentu — separation
• Sardinian: truncadura — separation
• Turkish: ayrılma — separation