subdivide

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ divide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

subdivide (third-person singular simple present subdivides, present participle subdividing, simple past and past participle subdivided)

1. (ambitransitive) To divide into smaller sections.
   1. (real estate) To divide a plot of land into plots for residences; to convert open land into housing.

      This used to be farmland before developers bought it and subdivided it.

      • 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 3:

        Several local families recorded plots of land as additions to the town's territory and subdivided them into house lots.

2. (ambitransitive) To divide divisions into smaller divisions.
   • [1682], [John] Dryden, Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

     The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others.

Related terms

• subdivision

Translations

To divide into smaller sections

Bulgarian: подразделям (bg) (podrazdeljam) Catalan: subdividir (ca) Dutch: onderverdelen (nl) Finnish: jakaa (fi) French: subdiviser (fr) Galician: subdividir (gl) Italian: suddividersi (it), suddividere (it) Manx: aarheynn Maori: roherohe, tūtangatanga Polish: dzielić wtórnie, dzielić na mniejsze części Portuguese: subdividir Romanian: subdiviza (ro) Russian: подразделя́ть (ru) impf (podrazdeljátʹ), подраздели́ть (ru) pf (podrazdelítʹ) Spanish: subdividir (es)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊbˈdiː.wɪ.dɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [subˈdiː.vi.de]

Verb

subdīvide

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subdīvidō

Romanian

Etymology

From sub- +‎ divide.

Verb

a subdivide (third-person singular present subdivide, past participle not used, third-person subjunctive subdividă) 3rd conjugation

1. to subdivide

Conjugation

    conjugation of subdivide (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a subdivide
gerund			subdivizând
past participle			subdivis
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	subdivid	subdivizi	subdivide	subdividem	subdivideți	subdivid
	imperfect	subdivideam	subdivideai	subdividea	subdivideam	subdivideați	subdivideau
	simple perfect	subdivisei	subdiviseși	subdivise	subdiviserăm	subdiviserăți	subdiviseră
	pluperfect	subdivisesem	subdiviseseși	subdivisese	subdiviseserăm	subdiviseserăți	subdiviseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să subdivid	să subdivizi	să subdividă	să subdividem	să subdivideți	să subdividă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		subdivide			subdivideți
	negative		nu subdivide			nu subdivideți

Further reading

• “subdivide”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subdiˈbide/ [suβ̞.ð̞iˈβ̞i.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -ide
• Syllabification: sub‧di‧vi‧de

Verb

subdivide

1. inflection of subdividir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative