• Afrikaans: skei, deel, verdeel
• Arabic:
• Chinese: 分離, 分离 (fēnlí)
• Czech: oddělit
• Danish: adskille
• Dutch: scheiden
• Finnish: erottaa, irrottaa
• French: séparer
• German: separieren, teilen, trennen
• Hungarian: elválaszta, elkülöníte
• Italian: separare
• Japanese: 別れる (わかれる, wakareru)
• Korean: 분리하다 (bullihada)
• Old English: todælan, getwæfan
• Portuguese: separar
• Russian: отделять (otdelját’)
• Spanish: separar
• Swedish: avskilja
• Telugu: వేరు చేయు (vaeru chaeyu)

• Afrikaans: skei, verdeel
• Danish: adskille
• Dutch: scheiden
• Finnish: erottaa (toisistaan)
• German: separieren
• Old English: todælan, getwæfan
• Spanish: separar
• Telugu: వేరు చేయు (vaeru chaeyu)

Noun

1. usually in plural Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.

Usage notes

• The spelling is separate. *|Seperate is a common misspelling.

Italian

Verb form

separate

1. second-person plural indicative present of separare
2. second-person plural imperative of separare

Separation may refer to several different subjects:

• Separation processes, in chemistry
• Flow separation, separation of a fluid boundary layer from the surface of a solid body moving relative to the fluid
• Legal separation, a legal status where married couples may disentangle their finances without divorce
• Separation (United States military), process by which a service member leaves active duty
• Separation mastering, in music recording
• Separation (Air Traffic Control),rules to minimise the risk of collision between aircraft in flight
• Separation of church and state, the idea that religion and government functions should be separate
• Separation axioms, concepts in the area of mathematics called topology
• Separated sets, related concept in topology, two sets disjoint from the other's closure

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