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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēparātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛpəˌɹeɪtəɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

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

Derived terms

• cyclone separator
• word separator

Translations

an object located between two or more things and hence separating them

Afrikaans: verdeler Bulgarian: разделител m (razdelitel), сепаратор m (separator) Finnish: erotin (fi) Hungarian: szétválasztó (hu), elválasztó (hu) Japanese: 仕切り (ja) (しきり; shikiri) Portuguese: separador (pt) m Romanian: separator (ro) n Swedish: avbalkning c, separator (sv) c

device for removing one substance from another

Finnish: erotin (fi); separaattori (fi) German: Abscheider (de) m Japanese: 分離器 (ぶんりき; bunriki) Maori: hepareita (for removing cream from milk), pūwhakawehe (computing) Norman: machinne à s'pather Portuguese: separador (pt) m Romanian: separator (ro) n Swedish: separator (sv) c

one who separates

Hungarian: szétválasztó (hu), elválasztó (hu) Japanese: 分離者 (ぶんりしゃ; bunrisha) Romanian: separator (ro) n Swedish: separatör (sv) c, separatorskötare (sv) c

Anagrams

• Paratores, sea parrot, sea-parrot

Latin

Etymology

From sēparō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [seː.paˈraː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [se.paˈraː.tor]

Noun

sēparātor m (genitive sēparātōris); third declension

1. separator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sēparātor	sēparātōrēs
genitive	sēparātōris	sēparātōrum
dative	sēparātōrī	sēparātōribus
accusative	sēparātōrem	sēparātōrēs
ablative	sēparātōre	sēparātōribus
vocative	sēparātor	sēparātōrēs

Descendants

• → English: separator
• → German: Separator
• → Italian: separatore (learned)
• → Portuguese: separador (learned)
• → Spanish: separador (learned)

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.