separator

English

Etymology

separate +‎ -or

Noun

separator (plural separators)

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.
A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.
One who separates; an agent performing the action of separating.

Translations

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

Afrikaans: verdeler
Finnish: erotin
Hungarian: szétválasztó, elválasztó (hu)

Japanese: 仕切り (しきり; shikiri)
Romanian: separator (ro) n

device for removing one substance from another

Finnish: erotin; separaattori (fi)
Japanese: 分離器 (ぶんりき; bunriki)
Maori: hepareita (for removing cream from milk), pūwhakawehe (computing)

Norman: machinne à s'pather
Romanian: separator (ro) n

one who separates

Hungarian: szétválasztó, elválasztó (hu)
Japanese: 分離者 (ぶんりしゃ; bunrisha)

Romanian: separator (ro) n

Anagrams

sea parrot, sea-parrot

Latin

Verb

sēparātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of sēparō
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

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