séparer

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word séparer. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word séparer, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say séparer in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word séparer you have here. The definition of the word séparer will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofséparer, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: separer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēparāre. Doublet of sevrer, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.pa.ʁe/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

séparer

  1. to separate
  2. to split up, to cause to come apart

Conjugation

Conjugation of séparer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple séparer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple séparant
/se.pa.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle séparé
/se.pa.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sépare
/se.paʁ/ 		sépares
/se.paʁ/ 		sépare
/se.paʁ/ 		séparons
/se.pa.ʁɔ̃/ 		séparez
/se.pa.ʁe/ 		séparent
/se.paʁ/
imperfect séparais
/se.pa.ʁɛ/ 		séparais
/se.pa.ʁɛ/ 		séparait
/se.pa.ʁɛ/ 		séparions
/se.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ 		sépariez
/se.pa.ʁje/ 		séparaient
/se.pa.ʁɛ/
past historic2 séparai
/se.pa.ʁe/ 		séparas
/se.pa.ʁa/ 		sépara
/se.pa.ʁa/ 		séparâmes
/se.pa.ʁam/ 		séparâtes
/se.pa.ʁat/ 		séparèrent
/se.pa.ʁɛʁ/
future séparerai
/se.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ 		sépareras
/se.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ 		séparera
/se.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ 		séparerons
/se.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		séparerez
/se.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ 		sépareront
/se.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional séparerais
/se.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		séparerais
/se.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		séparerait
/se.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		séparerions
/se.pa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		sépareriez
/se.pa.ʁə.ʁje/ 		sépareraient
/se.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sépare
/se.paʁ/ 		sépares
/se.paʁ/ 		sépare
/se.paʁ/ 		séparions
/se.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ 		sépariez
/se.pa.ʁje/ 		séparent
/se.paʁ/
imperfect2 séparasse
/se.pa.ʁas/ 		séparasses
/se.pa.ʁas/ 		séparât
/se.pa.ʁa/ 		séparassions
/se.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		séparassiez
/se.pa.ʁa.sje/ 		séparassent
/se.pa.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sépare
/se.paʁ/ 		— séparons
/se.pa.ʁɔ̃/ 		séparez
/se.pa.ʁe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia