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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

séparé

Pronunciation / Transliteration: seh-pah-ray

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Separated/ˈsɛp.ə.reɪ.tɪd/
adjectiveverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #950 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Les deux chemins sont séparés par un ruisseau."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Moved or positioned apart; divided into different parts or units.

    "The two houses are separated by a high brick wall."
  2. 2

    No longer living together with a spouse or partner.

    "They have been legally separated for over a year."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb separare, meaning to disjoin or divide, formed by the prefix se- (apart) and parare (to make ready or set). Entering Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, it evolved from denoting physical division to encompassing emotional and relational states.

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