English
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Pronunciation
Noun
en-noun
- The legal dissolution of a marriage.
#: Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.
- A separation of connected things.
#: The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic, as well as geographic, lines.
Synonyms
(legal dissolution of a marriage): divorcement
(separation of connected things): partition, separation, severance
Translations
trans-top|legal dissolution of a marriage
Chinese:
Finnish: t+|fi|avioero
French: t+|fr|divorce|m
German: Scheidung f, Ehescheidung f
Hebrew: ��ר�ש�� (girushym) m|p
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Japanese: �� (���, rikon)
Korean: �� (��, ihon)
Kurdish:
Polish: t+|pl|rozwód|m
Romanian: divorţ n, desp�rţire f
Serbian: brakorazvod
Spanish: t-|es|divorcio|m
Swedish: skilsmässa, äktenskapsskillnad
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trans-top|separation of connected things
Finnish: ero, erottelu
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Romanian: desp�rţire f
Serbian: t-|sr|razvod
Swedish: skiljande n, skilsmässa c
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Verb
en-verb|divorc|ing
- transitive To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
#: A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.
- transitive To end one's own marriage in this way.
#: Lucy divorced from Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.
- transitive To separate something that was connected.
#: The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.
- intransitive To obtain a legal divorce.
#: Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.
Synonyms
(to legally dissolve a marriage): split up
(to separate something that was connected): disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, separate
Translations
trans-top|to legally dissolve a marriage
Finnish: t+|fi|erota
French: t+|fr|divorcer
German: t+|de|scheiden
Italian: t+|it|divorziare
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Romanian: divorţa, desp�rţi
Scottish Gaelic: dealaich, dealach-pòsaidh
Swedish: skilja sig från
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trans-top|to end one's own marriage
Finnish: t+|fi|erota
Hebrew: ��ת�רש (lehitgaresh)
trans-mid
Romanian: divorţa, desp�rţi
Scottish Gaelic: dealaich, dealach-pòsaidh
Swedish: skilja sig från
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trans-top|to separate something that was connected
Finnish: t+|fi|erottaa
trans-mid
Romanian: desp�rţi
Scottish Gaelic: dealaich, cuir air leth
Swedish: skilja, skilja åt
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trans-top|to obtain a legal divorce
Finnish: erota, hankkia avioero
Hebrew: ��ת�רש (lehitgaresh)
trans-mid
Romanian: divorţa, desp�rţi
Swedish: skilja sig, skiljas
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ttbc|Ido: divorco
French
Noun
fr-noun|m
- divorce#Noun|divorce
Verb
infl|fr|verb form
- Form of divorcer
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ru:divorce
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