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di·vorce

 (dĭ-vôrs′)
n.
1.
a. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
b. A court order or other document establishing such a dissolution.
2. A separation between things that were once connected or associated.
v. di·vorced, di·vorc·ing, di·vorc·es
v.tr.
1. To dissolve the marriage bond between (two people).
2. To end marriage with (one's spouse) by way of legal divorce.
3. To cut off; separate or disunite: an idea that was completely divorced from reality. See Synonyms at separate.
v.intr.
To obtain a divorce.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvortere, to divert, variant of dīvertere; see divert.]

di·vor·cé

 (dĭ-vôr-sā′, -sē′, -vôr′sā′, -sē′)
n.
A divorced man.
[French, masculine past participle of divorcer, to divorce, from Old French, from divorce, divorce; see divorce.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.divorced - of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved
unmarried, single - not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?"
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Translations
rozvedený
skilt
eronnut
razveden
elvált
離婚した
이혼한
ločen
frånskild
ซึ่งหย่าแล้ว
đã ly dị

divorced

[dɪˈvɔːst] ADJ → divorciado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

divorced

[dɪˈvɔːrst] adj → divorcé(e)
to be divorced → être divorcé(e)
My parents are divorced → Mes parents sont divorcés.
to be divorced from sb → être divorcé(e) de qn, être divorcé(e) d'avec qn
to get divorced → divorcer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

divorced

adj (Jur) → geschieden (from von); to be divorced from something (fig) → keine(rlei) Beziehung zu etw haben; she’s completely divorced from reality → sie ist völlig wirklichkeitsfremd
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

divorced

[dɪˈvɔːst] adj → divorziato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

divorced

→ مُطَلَّق rozvedený skilt geschieden διαζευγμένος divorciado eronnut divorcé razveden divorziato 離婚した 이혼한 gescheiden skilt rozwiedziony divorciado разведенный frånskild ซึ่งหย่าแล้ว boşanmış đã ly dị 离婚的
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