separate

separate
separate
1 adjective [{{t}}'sepərət]
(a) (different, distinct → category, meaning, issue) distinct, à part; (→ incident, times, episodes) différent;
that's quite a separate matter ça, c'est une toute autre affaire;
the two issues are quite separate les deux problèmes sont distincts;
they sleep in separate rooms (children) ils ont chacun leur chambre; (couple) ils font chambre à part;
administration and finance are in separate departments l'administration et les finances relèvent de services différents;
the canteen is separate from the main building la cantine se trouve à l'extérieur du bâtiment principal;
begin each chapter on a separate page commencez chaque chapitre sur une nouvelle page;
use a separate piece of paper utilisez une feuille séparée;
I'd prefer them to come on separate days je préférerais qu'ils viennent à des jours différents;
it happened on four separate occasions cela s'est produit à quatre reprises;
she likes to keep her home life separate from the office elle tient à ce que son travail n'empiète pas sur sa vie privée;
the peaches must be kept separate from the lemons les pêches et les citrons ne doivent pas être mélangés;
he was kept separate from the other children on le tenait à l'écart ou on l'isolait des autres enfants;
separate but equal = doctrine en vigueur aux États-Unis de 1896 à 1954, selon laquelle la séparation entre Noirs et Blancs était licite du moment qu'ils bénéficiaient de services (éducation, transports etc) équivalents
(b) (independent → entrance, living quarters) indépendant, particulier; (→ existence, organization) indépendant;
they lead very separate lives ils mènent chacun leur vie;
they went their separate ways (after meeting) ils sont partis chacun de leur côté; {{}}figurative{{}} (in life) chacun a suivi sa route
2 noun [{{t}}'sepərət]
(a) (in stereo) élément m séparé
(b) {{}}American{{}} (offprint) tiré m à part
3 transitive verb [{{t}}'sepəreɪt]
(a) (divide, set apart) séparer; (detach → parts, pieces) séparer, détacher;
he stepped in to separate the fighting dogs il est intervenu pour séparer les chiens qui se battaient;
the last three coaches will be separated from the rest of the train les trois derniers wagons seront détachés du reste du train;
the Bosphorus separates Europe from Asia le Bosphore sépare l'Europe de l'Asie;
the seriously ill were separated from the other patients les malades gravement atteints étaient isolés des autres patients;
the records can be separated into four categories les disques peuvent être divisés ou classés en quatre catégories
(b) (keep distinct) séparer, distinguer;
to separate reality from myth distinguer le mythe de la réalité, faire la distinction entre le mythe et la réalité
(c) {{}}Cookery{{}} (milk) écrémer; (egg) séparer;
separate the whites from the yolks séparez les blancs des jaunes
4 intransitive verb [{{t}}'sepəreɪt]
(a) (go different ways) se quitter, se séparer;
they separated after the meeting ils se sont quittés après la réunion
(b) (split up → couple) se séparer, rompre; (→ in boxing, duel) rompre; {{}}Politics{{}} (→ party) se scinder;
they separated on good terms ils se sont séparés à l'amiable;
the party separated into various factions le parti s'est scindé en diverses factions
(c) (come apart, divide → liquid) se séparer; (→ parts) se séparer, se détacher, se diviser;
the boosters separate from the shuttle les propulseurs auxiliaires se détachent de la navette;
the model separates into four parts la maquette se divise en quatre parties
5 separates plural noun
[{{t}}'sepərəts] (clothes) coordonnés mpl
►► {{}}French Canadian{{}} separate school école f libre
separate out
1 separable transitive verb
séparer, trier
2 intransitive verb
se séparer
separate up separable transitive verb
séparer, diviser;
to separate sth up into equal shares diviser ou partager qch en parts égales

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