separator

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English

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Etymology

From separate +‎ -or.

Noun

separator (plural separators)

  2. 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.
  4. A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.
  5. One who separates; an agent performing the action of separating.
    • 1979 December 8, Nancy Walker, “Remembering David Brill”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 15:
      Death, the mystery, the great separator of friend from friend and loved one from loved one

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Latin

Verb

sēparātor

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

References

  • “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

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Etymology

Borrowed from English separator.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)
  3. (computing) delimiter (unique character or series of characters that indicates the beginning or end of a specific statement, string or function body set)

Declension

Declension of separator
singular plural
nominative separator separatory
genitive seperatora separatorów
dative separatorowi separatorom
accusative separator separatory
instrumental separatorem separatorami
locative separatorze separatorach
vocative separatorze separatory

References

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

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French séparateur, from Latin separator.

Noun

separator n (plural separatori)

  1. separator

Declension

Declension of separator
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) separator separatorul (niște) separatori separatorile
genitive/dative (unui) separator separatorului (unor) separatori separatorilor
vocative separatorule separatorilor
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