separator

English

Etymology

separate +‎ -or

Noun

separator (plural separators)

An object located between two or more things and hence separating them.
A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.
An agent performing the action of separating.

Translations

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

Afrikaans: verdeler
Finnish: erotin

Hungarian: szétválasztó, elválasztó (hu)
Romanian: separator (ro) n

device for removing one substance from another

Finnish: erotin; separaattori (fi)
Norman: machinne à s'pather

Romanian: separator (ro) n

agent performing the action of separating

Hungarian: szétválasztó, elválasztó (hu)

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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