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English
Etymology
From Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.
Pronunciation
Noun
divorce (countable and uncountable, plural divorces)
- 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.
2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:The great trick of online retail has been to get us to do more shopping while thinking less about it – thinking less, in particular, about how our purchases reach our homes. This divorce of a product from its voyage to us is perhaps the thing that Amazon has sold us most successfully
- (zoology) The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
- (obsolete) That which separates.
c. 1613, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Henry VIII, act 2, scene 1:Go with me like good angels to my end; / And as the long divorce of steel falls on me, / Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice, / And lift my soul to heaven. Lead on, o' God's name.
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legal dissolution of a marriage
- Albanian: divorc (sq) m
- Arabic: طَلَاق m (ṭalāq), تَطْلِيق m (taṭlīq), خُلْع m (ḵulʕ) (specific type)
- Hijazi Arabic: طلاق m (ṭalāg)
- Armenian: ամուսնալուծություն (hy) (amusnalucutʿyun), ապահարզան (hy) (apaharzan)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܘܼܠܵܠܵܐ m (dulālā)
- Asturian: divorciu m
- Azerbaijani: boşanma
- Belarusian: разво́д m (razvód)
- Bulgarian: разво́д (bg) m (razvód)
- Catalan: divorci (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 離婚/离婚 (lei4 fan1)
- Mandarin: 離婚/离婚 (zh) (líhūn)
- Czech: rozvod (cs) m
- Danish: skilsmisse (da) c
- Dutch: echtscheiding (nl) f
- Esperanto: divorco, eksgeedziĝo
- Estonian: abielulahutus (et), lahutus
- Faroese: hjúnaskilnaður m
- Finnish: avioero (fi)
- French: divorce (fr) m
- Galician: divorcio m
- Georgian: გაყრა (gaq̇ra), განქორწინება (gankorc̣ineba)
- German: Scheidung (de) f, Ehescheidung (de) f
- Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 f (afstass)
- Greek: διαζύγιο (el) n (diazýgio)
- Ancient: ἀποστάσιον n (apostásion)
- Hebrew: גירושין \ גֵּרוּשִׁין m pl (geirushin)
- Hindi: तलाक़ f (talāq), तलाक (hi) f (talāk), त्याग (hi) m (tyāg), स्त्रीपुरुषविच्छेद m (strīpuruṣvicched), विवाहविच्छेद m (vivāhvicched), विच्छेदन (hi) m (vicchedan)
- Hungarian: válás (hu)
- Icelandic: skilnaður m, hjónaskilnaður m
- Ido: divorco (io), desmariajo
- Indonesian: perceraian (id)
- Irish: colscaradh (ga) m, idirscaradh m
- Italian: divorzio (it) m
- Japanese: 離婚 (ja) (りこん, rikon)
- Kazakh: ажырасу (ajyrasu)
- Khmer: ការលែងលះ (kaa lɛɛng lĕəh)
- Korean: 이혼(離婚) (ko) (ihon), 리혼(離婚) (ko) (rihon) (North Korea)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: تەلاق (telaq)
- Northern Kurdish: telaq (ku)
- Kyrgyz: ажырашуу (ky) (ajıraşuu)
- Lao: ການຢ່າ (kān yā)
- Latin: dīvortium n
- Latvian: šķiršanās f pl
- Lithuanian: skyrybos f pl, ištuoka f
- Luxembourgish: Scheedung f
- Macedonian: развод m (razvod)
- Malay: perceraian
- Marathi: घटस्फोट (ghaṭasphoṭ), काडीमोड (kāḍīmoḍ), वेगळेहोणे (vegḷehoṇe)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: салалт (mn) (salalt)
- Navajo: ałtsʼááʼítʼaash
- Ngazidja Comorian: twalaka class 9/10
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: skilsmisse (no) m
- Nynorsk: skilsmisse f
- Occitan: divòrci (oc) m
- Old English: āsyndrung m, hīwgedāl n
- Pashto: پرېژه (ps) f (preža), طلاق (ps) m (talāq)
- Persian: طلاق (fa) (talâq)
- Plautdietsch: Ehescheiden n, Scheedunk f
- Polish: rozwód (pl) m
- Portuguese: divórcio (pt) m, separação (pt) f
- Romanian: divorț (ro) n, despărțire (ro) f
- Russian: разво́д (ru) m (razvód), расторже́ние бра́ка n (rastoržénije bráka) (formal)
- Sanskrit: विच्छेदन (sa) n (vicchedana), त्याग (sa) m (tyāga), स्त्रीपुरुषविच्छेद m (strīpuruṣaviccheda), विवाहविच्छेद m (vivāhaviccheda)
- Scottish Gaelic: sgaradh-pòsaidh m, eadar-ghearradh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ра́звод m, бракора́звод m, ра̑става f
- Roman: rázvod (sh) m, brakorázvod (sh) m, rȃstava (sh) f
- Slovak: rozvod m
- Slovene: ločitev f
- Spanish: divorcio (es) m
- Swahili: talaka (sw)
- Swedish: skilsmässa (sv) c, äktenskapsskillnad (sv) c
- Tagalog: diborsiyo
- Tajik: талоқ (taloq)
- Tarifit: uruf
- Tatar: аерылышу (ayerılışu)
- Telugu: విడాకులు (te) (viḍākulu)
- Thai: การหย่าร้าง (gaan-yàa-ráang), การหย่า (th) (gaan-yàa)
- Turkish: boşanma (tr)
- Ukrainian: розлу́чення n (rozlúčennja), розірва́ння шлю́бу n (rozirvánnja šljúbu)
- Urdu: طلاق f (talāq)
- Uzbek: qoʻydi-chiqdi (uz)
- Vietnamese: ly hôn (vi) (離婚)
- Volapük: matiteil (vo)
- Welsh: ysgariad (cy) m, ysgariadau (cy) m pl
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separation of connected things
- Armenian: անջատում (hy) (anǰatum), բաժանում (hy) (bažanum), խզում (hy) (xzum)
- Bulgarian: разри́в (bg) m (razrív), разде́ляне (bg) n (razdéljane)
- Catalan: divorci (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 脫離/脱离 (zh) (tuōlí)
- Finnish: ero (fi), erottelu (fi)
- Galician: divorcio m
- Greek: χωρισμός (el) m (chorismós), (metaphorically) διαζύγιο (el) n (diazýgio)
- Hungarian: elválás (hu)
- Ingrian: erahus
- Macedonian: раздвојување n (razdvojuvanje), одвојување n (odvojuvanje), одделување n (oddeluvanje), раскинување n (raskinuvanje), раскин m (raskin)
- Portuguese: separação (pt) f, divisão (pt) f
- Romanian: despărțire (ro) f
- Russian: отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije), разры́в (ru) m (razrýv)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ра́звод m
- Roman: rázvod (sh) m
- Swedish: skiljande (sv) n, skilsmässa (sv) c
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Verb
divorce (third-person singular simple present divorces, present participle divorcing, simple past and past participle divorced)
- (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 to (a person) in this way.
Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.
- (intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.
Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.
- (transitive) To separate something that was connected.
The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.
c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 269:He is knight dubb'd with vnhatche'd Rapier, and on carpet conſideration, but he is a diuell in priuate brall, soules and bodies hath he diuorc'd three, and his incenſement at this moment is ſo implacable, that ſatisfaction can be none, but by pangs of death and ſepulcher: Hob, nob, is his word: giu't or take't.
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to legally dissolve a marriage
- Arabic: طَلَّقَ (ṭallaqa)
- Hijazi Arabic: طَلَّق (ṭallag)
- Armenian: բաժանել (hy) (bažanel), ամուսնալուծել (hy) (amusnalucel)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܕܠܸܠ (madlil)
- Asturian: divorciar
- Bashkir: айырыу (ayırıw)
- Bulgarian: разве́ждам (bg) impf (razvéždam), разведа́ pf (razvedá)
- Burmese: ကွာရှင်း (my) (kwahrang:)
- Catalan: divorciar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 離婚/离婚 (lei4 fan1)
- Mandarin: 離婚/离婚 (zh) (líhūn)
- Cornish: didhemedhi
- Czech: rozvést (cs)
- Finnish: erota (fi)
- French: divorcer (fr)
- Galician: divorciar
- German: scheiden (de)
- Greek: χωρίζω (el) (chorízo), παίρνω διαζύγιο (paírno diazýgio)
- Hindi: तलाक़ देना (talāq denā), तलाक देना (talāk denā)
- Hungarian: elválaszt (hu)
- Ido: divorcigar (io)
- Italian: divorziare (it)
- Japanese: 離婚させる (ja) (rikon saseru)
- Khmer: លែងលះ (lɛɛng lĕəh)
- Latin: diverto
- Macedonian: разве́дува (razvéduva), се разве́дува (se razvéduva)
- Maori: toko, tokorau
- Mongolian: салах (mn) (salax), гэрлэлт цуцлах (gerlelt cuclax)
- Occitan: divorciar (oc)
- Portuguese: divorciar (pt)
- Romanian: divorța (ro), despărți (ro)
- Russian: разводи́ть (ru) impf (razvodítʹ), развести́ (ru) pf (razvestí)
- Scottish Gaelic: (please verify) dealaich, (please verify) dealach-pòsaidh
- Slovak: rozviesť, rozvádzať
- Spanish: divorciar (es)
- Swahili: -taliki (sw)
- Tamil: விவாகரத்து (ta) (vivākarattu)
- Thai: หย่า (th) (yàa)
- Turkish: boşamak (tr)
- Ukrainian: розлуча́ти impf (rozlučáty), розлучи́ти pf (rozlučýty)
- Vietnamese: ly hôn (vi), ly dị (vi)
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to end one's own marriage
- Arabic: أَطْلَقَ (ʔaṭlaqa)
- Armenian: բաժանվել (hy) (bažanvel)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܲܠܸܠ (dalil)
- Azerbaijani: boşanmaq (az)
- Bashkir: айырылышыу (ayırılışıw)
- Belarusian: разво́дзіцца impf (razvódzicca), разве́сціся pf (razvjéscisja), разжэ́ньвацца impf (razžénʹvacca), разжані́цца pf (razžanícca)
- Bulgarian: разве́ждам се (bg) impf (razvéždam se), разведа́ се pf (razvedá se)
- Catalan: divorciar-se (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 離婚/离婚 (lei4 fan1)
- Mandarin: 離婚/离婚 (zh) (líhūn), 離異/离异 (zh) (líyì)
- Czech: rozvést (cs) se
- Finnish: erota (fi)
- German: sich scheiden (de) lassen
- Hebrew: התגרש (hitgarésh)
- Hindi: तलाक़ देना (talāq denā), तलाक देना (talāk denā)
- Hungarian: elválik (hu), válik (hu)
- Ido: divorcigar (io)
- Japanese: 離婚する (ja) (rikon suru)
- Khmer: លែងលះ (lɛɛng lĕəh)
- Korean: 이혼하다 (ko) (ihonhada)
- Lao: ຢ່າ (yā), ປະ (pa)
- Macedonian: раздвојува (razdvojuva), се раздвојува (se razdvojuva), се разведува (se razveduva)
- Polish: rozwodzić się (pl) impf, rozwieść się (pl) pf
- Portuguese: divorciar-se
- Romanian: divorța (ro), despărți (ro)
- Russian: разводи́ться (ru) impf (razvodítʹsja), развести́сь (ru) pf (razvestísʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: (please verify) dealaich, (please verify) dealach-pòsaidh
- Slovak: rozviesť sa, rozvádzať sa
- Swahili: -taliki (sw)
- Swedish: skilja sig, skiljas (sv)
- Thai: หย่า (th) (yàa)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: boşanmak (tr)
- Ukrainian: розлуча́тися impf (rozlučátysja), розлучи́тися pf (rozlučýtysja), розво́дитися impf (rozvódytysja), розвести́ся pf (rozvestýsja)
- Vietnamese: ly hôn (vi), ly dị (vi)
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to separate something that was connected
to obtain a legal divorce
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin dīvortium.
Noun
divorce m (plural divorces)
- divorce
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
divorce
- inflection of divorcer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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