What does séparer in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word séparer in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use séparer in French.

The word séparer in French means separate, separate, divide, separate, separate, be between, separate, separate, get rid of, let go, sort the wheat from the chaff, separate the wheat from the chaff, separate the eggs. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word séparer

separate

verbe transitif (diviser)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Pour cette recette, il faut séparer les blancs des jaunes.
For this recipe, you have to separate the eggs.

separate, divide

verbe transitif (délimiter)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Le mur sépare les deux maisons.
The wall separates the two houses.

separate

verbe transitif (éloigner)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Le policier a séparé les deux énergumènes qui en étaient venus aux mains.
The police officer separated the two nutcases who had come to blows.

separate

verbe transitif (désassembler)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La décapitation sépare la tête du corps.
Decapitation separates the head from the body.

be between

verbe transitif (se trouver entre deux dates)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Une semaine nous sépare de Noël.
There's just one week left before Christmas.

separate

verbe pronominal (briser son couple)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Julie et Simon se sont séparés le mois dernier après 5 ans de vie commune.
Julie and Simon separated last month after five years of living together.

separate

verbe pronominal (briser un groupe)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Les Beatles se sont séparés en 1970.
The Beatles split in 1970.

get rid of

(se débarrasser de)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Je me suis séparé de mon vieil aspirateur qui ne marchait plus. Je n'arrivais simplement pas à me séparer de mon ours en peluche.
I got rid of my old vacuum cleaner, which didn't work anymore.

let go

(renvoyer)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
M. Martin, nous n'avons d'autre choix que de nous séparer de vous.
Mr Martin, we have no choice but to let you go.

sort the wheat from the chaff, separate the wheat from the chaff

locution verbale (figuré (distinguer le vrai du faux) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

separate the eggs

locution verbale (œuf : mettre à part blanc et jaune)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

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