separator

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

separate +‎ -or

Noun[edit]

separator (plural separators)

  1. An object located between two or more things and hence separating them.
    • 1998, Elisa Ferri, Lisa Kenny, Dana Epstein, Style on Hand: Perfect Nail and Skin Care, page 44:
      When applying polish, always use toe separators to keep toes apart.
  2. A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.
  3. One who separates; an agent performing the action of separating.

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

sēparātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of sēparō

References[edit]

  • separator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • separator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English separator.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sɛ.paˈra.tɔr/
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: se‧pa‧ra‧tor

Noun[edit]

separator m inan

  1. separator (an object located between two or more things and hence separating them)
  2. separator (a device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “separator”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French séparateur, from Latin separator.

Noun[edit]

separator n (plural separatori)

  1. separator

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