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English

Adjective

divorced

1. Cut off, or separated.
2. (of a marriage) Legally dissolved.

   It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced.

3. (of persons formerly married) Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.

   Mark's parents are divorced.

Synonyms

• split

Antonyms

• connected
• married
• engaged

Derived terms

• innocently divorced

Translations

Verb

divorced

1. simple past tense and past participle of divorce

See also

• divorce
• divorcee
• divorced kid
• divorcing
• marriage
• single
• split
• widow

English

Etymology

divorce +? -er

Noun

divorcer (plural divorcers)

1. The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.

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Antonyms

• divorcee

Anagrams

• codriver

French

Etymology

divorce +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.v??.se/

Verb

divorcer

1. (transitive) to divorce (to legally dissolve a marriage)
2. (reflexive, se divorcer) to get divorced, to divorce one another

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

Related terms

• divorce

Further reading

• “divorcer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

divorcer

1. (Jersey) to divorce
2. (Jersey, reflexive, s'divorcer) to get divorced

Synonyms

• dêmathier